Sakizaya language

Sakizaya
Native toTaiwan
Ethnicity990 Sakizaya (2020)[1]
Native speakers
590 (2020)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3szy
Glottologsaki1247
ELPSakizaya
(purple) Greater Ami. Nataoran and Sakizaya are in the north.

Sakizaya is a Formosan language closely related to Amis. One of the large family of Austronesian languages, it is spoken by the Sakizaya people, who are concentrated on the eastern Pacific coast of Taiwan. Since 2007 they have been recognized by the Taiwan government as one of the sixteen distinct indigenous groups on the island.

  1. ^ a b Sakizaya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon