2 a sketch of saisiyat - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1.2 A Sketch of Saisiyat 1.2.1 General background Saisiyat is one of the Formosan languages in the Austronesian family. According to the report of the Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan, ROC, the current population of Saisiyat in Taiwan is estimated to be around 5,600.1 Most of the Saisiyat people inhabit the mountainous areas in Hsin-chu and Miao-li Prefectures. Because of the geographic separation, Saisiyat consists of two major dialects−Taai (the northern dialect) a...