Also Known As:
Saaroa, Lha’alua, Saroa, Saarua, Rarua, La'alua, La'arua, Pachien, Paichien, Sisyaban, Shishaban, 拉阿魯哇語
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
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Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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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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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Chia-jung Pan. A Grammar of Lha’alua, An Austronesian Language of Taiwan. PhD thesis, James Cook University, 2012.
Bibliography of Locations:
Chia-jung Pan. A Grammar of Lha’alua, An Austronesian Language of Taiwan. PhD thesis, James Cook University, 2012.
Bibliography of Context:
Chia-jung Pan. A Grammar of Lha’alua, An Austronesian Language of Taiwan. PhD thesis, James Cook University, 2012.