Also Known As:
Taroko, Sediq, Saediq, Seedik, Sejiq, Sedeq, Seedek, Seedeq, Shedekka, Sedek, Sediakk, Sedik, Sazek, Bu-Hwan, Che-Hwan, Daiya-Ataiyal, Hogo, Iboho, Paran, Taruku, Toroko, Truku, Toda, Taroko, 賽德克語, 太魯閣語, 都達方言, Tgdaya
Dialects & Varieties
- Truku
- Toda
- Tgdaya
Recent Resources
賽德克語線上學習材料
"During a municipal indigenous speech contest in Southern Taiwan, we interviewed a teacher from the
田駿
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Unknown
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 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Tang, Apay Ai-yu. 2011. From diagnosis to remedial plan: A psycholinguistic assessment of language shift, L1 proficiency, and language planning in Truku Seediq. PhD dissertation. University of Hawaii at Manoa. http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/graduate/Dissertations/ApayTangFinal.pdf
Bibliography of Locations:
Tsukida, Naomi. 2005. "Seediq." In The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, edited by Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann. 291-325. London & New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Context:
Tang, Apay Ai-yu. 2011. From diagnosis to remedial plan: A psycholinguistic assessment of language shift, L1 proficiency, and language planning in Truku Seediq. PhD dissertation. University of Hawaii at Manoa. http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/graduate/Dissertations/ApayTangFinal.pdf