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Tayalic

Tayalic

9.9
A group of languages spoken by native people in central Taiwan
  • noun
  • Specialized
: tayalico
  • Few young people today speak Tayalic fluently in the central mountains of Taiwan.

Examples

  • The preservation of Tayalic languages is an important issue for cultural heritage scholars.

  • Researchers have documented the grammar of the Tayalic language family extensively.

  • The Tayalic languages are rich in cultural history.

  • Are the Tayalic languages endangered?

  • Few young people today speak Tayalic fluently in the central mountains of Taiwan.

  • Researchers have documented the grammar of the Tayalic language family extensively.

  • The preservation of Tayalic languages is an important issue for cultural heritage scholars.

Compounds

Tayalic language
9.9

A language spoken by the Atayal people in northern Taiwan

Surface Forms

Tayalic singular
Tayalics plural

Morphology

Tayalic = Tayal (transparent) = Tayal + ic

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to Tayal', so the relation to the base is straightforward.

Etymology

Tayalic comes from the name of the native Tayal people of Taiwan and the ending -ic, which means 'related to', like in historic. So Tayalic means 'related to the Tayal people' and names the group of languages they speak.