Siraya language

Siraya
Siraiya
Native to	Taiwan
Region	Southwestern, around present-day Tainan
Extinct	end of 19th century; revitalization movement
Language family	Austronesian East Formosan Sirayaic Siraya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fos
Glottolog	sira1267  Sirayaic nucl1578  Siraya
ELP	Siraya
Linguasphere	30-FAA-b
(pink) Siraya
Coordinates: 22°58′N 120°18′E / 22.967°N 120.300°E / 22.967; 120.300

Siraya is a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Siraya people of Taiwan, derived from Proto-Siraya. Some scholars believe Taivoan and Makatao are two dialects of Siraya, but now more evidence shows that they should be classified as separate languages.

Several Siraya communities have been involved in a Sirayan cultural and language revitalization movement for more than a decade. Through linguistic research and language teaching, the natives are 'awaking' their ancestors mother tongue that has been 'dormant' for a century. Today a group of Siraya children in Sinhua District of Tainan particularly in Kou-pei and Chiou Chen Lin area are able to speak and sing in the Siraya language.^[1]