Truku language

Truku language

language
name=Truku/Taroko
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Taiwan
region=central, eastern, and coastal
speakers=4,750
fam2=Atayalic
iso3=trv

Truku language, or Taroko language, one of the Taiwanese aboriginal languages, is spoken by the Truku people. It has many alternative names, such as "Taroko", which is used in "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". There are 4,750 speakers.

The language has 19 consonants and 5 vowels. It is written in Latin alphabet.

Bibliography

*Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/ Ethnologue: Languages of the World]
* [http://www.edu.tw/EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/MANDR/EDU6300001/rules/aboriginal.pdf The alphabets of written Taiwanese aboriginal languages and the corresponding sounds in IPA]
* [http://ling.lll.hawaii.edu/~uhdoc/truku/ Some notes by a speaker of Truku]


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