Language name and location: Saisiyat, Miaoli, Hsinchu, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区赛夏语 (部方言 Southern dialect), 台湾北部苗栗及新竹山地  

 

1. ʔæhæʔ 

21.  ʃamʔijæh o ʔæhæʔ

2. rosaʔ

22.  ʃamʔijæh o rosaʔ

3. to:oʔ

23.  ʃamʔijæh o to:oʔ

4. ʃopat

24.  ʃamʔijæh o ʃopat

5. hasəb

25.  ʃamʔijæh o hasəb

6. ʃajboʃi:

26.  ʃamʔijæh o ʃayboʃi:

7. ʃajboʃi: o ʔæhæʔ (6 +1)

27.  ʃamʔijæh o ʃayboʃi: ʔæhæʔ

8. majkaʃpat (2 x 4 )

28.  ʃamʔijæh o majkaʃpat

9. hæʔhæʔ (10 - 1)

29.  ʃamʔijæh o hæʔhæʔ

10. lampəð

30.  mato:ol

11. lampəð ʔæhæʔ

40.  monəʃpat

12. lampəð roʃaʔ

50.  monasəb

13. lampəð toːoʔ

60.  monʃajboʃi:

14. lampəð ʃəpat

70.  monʃajboʃi: o ʔæhæʔ ( montæʔæhæʔ )

15. lampəð hasəb

80.  monmajkaʃpat

16. lampəð ʃajboʃiː

90.  monhæʔhæʔ

17. lampəð ʃajboʃi: ʔæhæʔ

100. kaβœhœl, ʔæhæʔ kinkaβœhœl

18. lampəð majkaʃpat

200. roʃaʔ kinkaβœhœl

19. lampəð hæʔhæʔ

1000. ʔæhæʔ θijan ( 'θijan' < Chinese )

20. ʃamʔijæh

2000. roʃaʔ θijan

 

Linguist providing data and date: Prof. Marie Meili, Yeh and Dr. Ya'aw Kalahae' Kaybaybaw, Institute of Linguistics, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, January 20, 2014.
供资料的语言学家: 叶美利教授, 高清菊博士(台湾新竹市国立新竹教育大学), 2014 年 1 月 20 日.

 

Other comments: Saisiyat has a decimal system with special substructure for numbers7, 8 and 9. Twenty 'ʃamʔijæh' is derived from the word ' person'. The above data is from South dialect of Saisiyat. Saisiyat is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in Nanchuang and Shihtan townships, Miaoli county and in Wufeng township, Hsinchu county, Taiwan.

Note the differences between traditional orthographical spelling and IPA transcriptionsː

b = IPA [β]; s = IPA [θ], z = IPA [ð], S = IPA [ʃ], ng = IPA [ŋ], = IPA [ˀɭ],

L = IPA [ɭ], r = IPA [ɾ], y [j], e = IPA [ə].

Phonemic System of South dialect of Saisiyat:

輔音 (Consonants)

Manner             Place

Labial

Dental

Alveolar

Velar

Glottal

Stop XE "塞音"

p

t

 

k

’ [ˀɭ]

Nasal

m

n

 

ng [ŋ]

 

fricative XE "擦音"

vl

 

s [θ]

S [s] 

 

h

 

vd

b [β]

z [ð]

 

 

 

lateral XE "邊音"

 

l

L [ɭ]

 

 

Trill XE "顫音"

 

 

r [r]

 

 

Glide

w

 

y [j]

 

 

 

Vowels:

 

front

central

back

high

i

 

o

mid

oe [œ] (rounded)

e [ə]

 

low

ae [æ]

a

 

 


Language name and location: Saisiyat, Miaoli, Hsinchu, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区赛夏语 (北部方言 Ta'ay dialect), 台湾北部苗栗县及新竹县山地  

 

1. ʔæhæʔ

21.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ ʔæhæʔ

2. roʃaʔ

22.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ roʃaʔ

3. toɭoʔ

23.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ toɭoʔ

4. ʃəpat

24.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ ʃəpat

5. ɭasəb

25.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ ɭasəb

6. ʃayboʃil

26.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ ʃayboʃil

7. ʃayboʃilo ʔæhæʔ (6 + 1)

27.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ ʃayboʃilo ʔæhæʔ

8. kaʃpat (2 x 4)

28.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ kaʃpat

9. ɭææʔhæʔ (10 - 1)

29.  ʃamʔiɭæh œ ɭææʔhæʔ

10. laŋpəz

30.  matoɭol

11. laŋpəz ʔæhæʔ

40.  monəʃpat

12. laŋpəz roʃaʔ

50.  monɭasəb

13. laŋpəz toɭoʔ

60.  monʃayboʃil

14. laŋpəz ʃəpat

70.  monʃayboʃilo ʔæhæʔ

15. laŋpəz ɭasəb

80.  monmaykaʃpat

16. laŋpəz ʃayboʃil

90.  monɭææʔhæʔ

17. laŋpəz ʃayboʃilo ʔæhæʔ

100. ʔæhæʔ kabœhœl

18. laŋpəz kaʃpat

200. roʃaʔ kabœhœl

19. laŋpəz ɭææʔhæʔ

1000. laŋpəz kin kabœhœl (10 x 100 )

20. ʃamʔiɭæh

2000. ʃamiʔɭæh kin kabœhœl (20 x 100 )

 

Linguist providing data and date: 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: Saisiyat has a decimal system with special substructure for numbers7, 8 and 9. Twenty 'ʃamʔiɭæh' is derived from the word ' person'. The above data is from North dialect of Saisiyat.


 

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