Also Known As:
Saaroa, Lha’alua, Saroa, Saarua, Rarua, La'alua, La'arua, Pachien, Paichien, Sisyaban, Shishaban, 拉阿魯哇語
Dialects & Varieties
Australia and the Pacific
Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Southcentral Taiwan
Location Description
Southeast of Minchuan and of the Kanakanabu language area, on the Laonung River
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Bunun, Taiwanese Chinese
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Writing Systems
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