Language Information by Source

Reviving Siraya: A case for language engineering

Adelaar, Alexander. 2013. Reviving Siraya: A case for language engineering. Language Documentation & Conservation 7: 212-234. URL: http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4605/adelaa…

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
60,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"While still denied by the central government, this status was granted by the government of Tainan City in 2005... Siraya identity and aspects of the Siraya culture and belief system are still alive, and various Siraya villages have their own cultural association... Since its foundation in 1999, the TPSCA has been active in many projects, such as the organization of various summer camps for the promotion of Siraya language and culture (since 2007) as well as teacher-training seminars and language classes in four elementary schools (since 2009), the compilation of a trilingual Siraya-Chinese-English dictionary (Macapili 2008), and the development of language course material (in 2012) (Huang, Macapili & Talavan 2013)."

Location and Context

Countries
Taiwan
Location Description

Tainan

Government Support
yes
Institutional Support
yes
Speakers' Attitude
positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Taiwanese Southern Min; Mandarin
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems

Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Latin scripts
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Community Members