Taivoan language

Taivoan
Taivoan
Rara ka maka-Taivoan
Pronunciation	[taivu'an]
Native to	Taiwan
Region	Southwestern, around present-day Tainan, Kaohsiung. Also among some migration communities along Huatung Valley.
Ethnicity	Taivoan
Extinct	end of 19th century; revitalization movement
Language family	Austronesian East Formosan Sirayaic Taivoan–Makatao Taivoan; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Sinckan Manuscripts), Han characters (traditional)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tvx
Glottolog	taiv1237
Linguasphere	30-FAA-bb
	(pink) Taivoan
	Coordinates: 23°06′N 120°27′E / 23.100°N 120.450°E

Taivoan or Taivuan, is a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Taivoan people of Taiwan. Taivoan used to be regarded as a dialect of Siraya, but now more evidence has shown that they should be classified as separate languages.^[1] The corpora previously regarded as Siraya like the Gospel of St. Matthew and the Notes on Formulary of Christianity translated into "Siraya" by the Dutch people in the 17th century should be in Taivoan majorly.^[2]

Since the January 2019 code release, SIL International has recognized Taivoan as an independent language and assigned the code tvx.^[3]

^ Cite error: The named reference Ferrell 1971 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ "639 Identifier Documentation: tvx". SIL International. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

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[3] "639 Identifier Documentation: tvx". SIL International. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

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