Also Known As:
Saaroa, Lha’alua, Saroa, Saarua, Rarua, La'alua, La'arua, Pachien, Paichien, Sisyaban, Shishaban, 拉阿魯哇語
Dialects & Varieties
A grammar of Lha’alua, an Austronesian language of Taiwan
Chia-jung Pan. A Grammar of Lha’alua, An Austronesian Language of Taiwan. PhD thesis, James Cook University, 2012.
Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
400
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Taiwan
Location Description
The Lha’alua people reside in the Taoyuan Village (Chinese name: 桃源村) and Kaochung Village (Chinese name: 高中村), Taoyuan District (Chinese name: 桃源區), Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Some Lha’alua people relocated themselves to the current Maya Village, Namasia District (Chinese name: 那瑪夏區), Kaohsiung City between 1931 and 1936.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Mandarin; Southern Min; Japanese (elderly population only); Bunun
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Roman Script
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
In December 2005, a standard orthography system was officially established by
the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP/行政院原住民族委員會) and the Ministry of Education (MOE/教育部) of Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP/行政院原住民族委員會) and the Ministry of Education (MOE/教育部) of Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
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