Seediq
Native to: Taiwan
Region: central, eastern, and coastal
Ethnicity: Seediq, Truku
Native speakers: 20,000 (2008)
Language family: Austronesian
ISO 639-3 trv
Glottolog: taro1264
Linguasphere: 30-AAB
Seediq (Sediq Taroko)
Seediq is a member the Atayalic of the Formosan language family. It is spoken in central and eastern Taiwan, mainly in inland areas of Hualien county (花蓮縣), and in Nantou county (南投縣) and Yunlin county (雲林縣). The most spoken dialect of Seediq is Truku (太魯閣 Tàilǔgé), which had about 20,000 speakers in 2008. Taroko Gorge is also named after this dialect. Other dialects of Seediq are Toda (Tuuda), which has about 2,500 speakers, and Tgdaya (Tkdaya, Paran), which has about 2,500 speakers.
The Seediq language was official recognised by the government in Taiwan in 2008. Since then the Seediq people have been working to preserve and revitalise their language and culture. A way of writing Seediq with the Latin alphabet was developed as well, and Seediq has been taught in some schools since 2001.
Seediq consists of three main dialects (Tsukida 2005). Members of each dialect group refer to themselves by the name of their dialect, while the Amis people call them "Taroko."
Truku (Truku) - 20,000 members including non-speakers. The Truku dialect, transcribed 太魯閣 Tàilǔgé in Chinese, gives its name to the Taroko Gorge.
Toda (Tuuda) - 2,500 members including non-speakers.
Tgdaya (Tkdaya, Paran) - 2,500 members including non-speakers.
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