Language name and locationː Atayal, Hualien, Taitung, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 泰雅 (赛考利克方言 Squliq dialect), 台湾北部花莲及台东山地

 

1. qutux

21.  məpusal qutux

2. saziŋ

22.  məpusal saziŋ

3. t͡sjuɣal  

23.  məpusal t͡sjuɣal

4. pajat

24.  məpusal pajat

5. zəmaɣal

25.  məpusal maɣal

6. mətəzjuʔ (2 x 3)

26.  məpusal təzjuʔ

7. məpituʔ

27.  məpusal pituʔ

8. masəpat  (2 x 4)

28.  məpusal səpat

9. məqeruʔ

29.  məpusal qeruʔ

10. məpuw

30.  mətəzjul

11. məpuw qutux

40.  məpatul

12. məpuw saziŋ

50.  məzimal

13. məpuw t͡sjuɣal

60.  təzjuʔ pəɣan

14. məpuw pajat

70.  pituʔ pəɣan

15. məpuw maɣal

80.  səpat pəɣan

16. məpuw təzjuʔ

90.  qeruʔ pəɣan

17. məpuw pituʔ

100. qutux kβhul

18. məpuw səpat

200. sɑziŋ kβhul

19. məpuw qeruʔ

1000. qutux seŋ (seŋ < Japanese /Chinese )

20. məpusal

2000. saziŋ seŋ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Tali’ Hayung (Atayal Name), Jianshi Junior High School, Jianshi Junior High School, Jianshi, Hsinchu 313, Taiwan, August 4, 2013,

January 24, 2014.

供资料的语言学家: 吴新生老师 (中文名),新竹县尖石中主任, 母语为泰雅赛考利克方言, 2013 年 8 月 4 日, 2014 年 1 月 24 日.

 

Other comments: Atayal has a decimal system. The above data is taken from Squliq dialect of Atayal language. Differ from Mayrinax dialect, which has three forms of cardinal numbers from 1 to 10. there is only one set of cardinal numerals from 1 to 10 in Squliq dialect. The number for thousand 'seŋ' is a loanword from Chinese via Japanese. Atayal is spoken by about 10,000 speakers (Ethnic population: 92,000) in Hualien and Taitung counties, Taiwan.
Phonemic Charts of Squliq dialect of Atayal
Consonantsː 

 

Bilabial  

Dental

Palatal

Velar     

Uvular  

Pharyngeal

Glottal

Plosive

p, b /β/

  t

 

k

q

      

ʼ /ʔ/

Fricative

 

  s, z

 

x, g /ɣ/

 

      h

 

Affricate

 

 c /t͡s/

 

 

 

 

 

Nasal

   m

  n

 

 ng /ŋ/

 

 

 

Lateral

 

   l

 

 

 

 

 

Trill

 

   r

 

 

 

 

 

Flap

 

   r̠/ɾ/

 

 

 

 

 

Approx

w

 

 y /j/

 

 

 

 

 

Note differences between traditional spellings and IPA phonemic transcriptions in slashes / /.

Vowelsː

 

Front

Central

Back

High

i

 

u

Mid

e

 

o

Low

 

a /ɑ/

 

 


Language name and location ː Atayal, Hualien, Taitung, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 泰雅 (汶水方言 Mayrinax dialect), 台湾北部花莲及台东山地

 

1. qun / qutux / qutux

21.  mapusal cuʔ qun

2. rusaʔ / ʔusayiŋ / rarusaʔ

22.  mapusal cuʔ rusaʔ

3. tuuʔ / tuɣal / tatuuʔ

23.  mapusal cuʔ tuuʔ

4. səpat / səpaat / saspat

24.  mapusal cuʔ səpat

5. timaʔ / ʔimaɣal / aima

25.  mapusal cuʔ timaʔ

6. tayuʔ / matuuʔ / mamatuuʔ (2 x 3)

26.  mapusal cuʔ matuuʔ

7. pituʔ / mapituʔ / mapituʔ

27.  mapusal cuʔ mapituʔ

8. pat / maspat / mamaspat   (2 x 4)

28.  mapusal cuʔ maspat

9. qisuʔ / maqisuʔ / mamasiquʔ

29.  mapusal cuʔ maqisuʔ

10. puɣ / maɣalpuɣ / maɣalpuɣ

30.  matuul

11. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ qun

40.  maspatul

12. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ rusaʔ

50.  maimal

13. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ tuuʔ

60.  kinamalapɣan

14. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ səpat

70.  mamapituʔ

15. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ timaʔ

80.  mamaspat

16. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ matuuʔ

90.  mamaqisuʔ

17. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ mapituʔ

100. kaβhul

18. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ maspat

200. rusaʔ kaβhul

19. maɣalpuɣ cuʔ maqisuʔ

1000. maɣalpuɣ kaβhul (10 x 100)

20. mapusal

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Paul Jen-kuei Li, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, March 21, 1993

供资料的语言学家: 李壬癸教授, 1993 年 3 月 21 日

 

Other comments: Atayal has a decimal system. There are three forms of cardinal numbers from 1 to 10 in Mayrinax dialect of Atayal. The first one is used in series counting, the second for counting things and the third for counting human beings.  Atayal is spoken by about 10,000 speakers in Hualien and Taitung counties, Taiwan.


 

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