Truku language

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Truku/Taroko
Spoken in: Taiwan 
Region: central, eastern, and coastal
Total speakers: 4,750
Language family: Austronesian
 Atayalic
  Truku/Taroko
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: trv

Truku language, or Taroko language, one of the Taiwanese aboriginal languages, is spoken by the Truku people. It has many alternative names, such as "Taroko", which is used in Ethnologue: Languages of the World. There are 4,750 speakers.

The language has 19 consonants and 5 vowels. It is written in Latin alphabet.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.

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