alternate_names: "Saroa; Saarua; Rarua; La'alua; La'arua; Pachien; Paichien; Sisyaban; Shishaban; Sprache von Formosa; Hla’alua; 拉阿魯哇語",
lang_description: "",
classification: "Austronesian; Tsouic",
dialect_varieties: "",
public_comment: "The Tsouic language has traditionally been divided into the northern branch (Tsou) and the southern branch (Kanakanabu and Saaroa).
As for the ethnicity, the Saaroa people, together with the Kanakanabu people, had long been classified as part of the Tsou nationality in Taiwan. However, the Saaroa and the Kanakanabu have been officially recognized as two independent ethnic groups in June 26, 2014.",
private_comment: null,
source_id: null,
speakers: [
{
id:4227,
code_id:2517,
speaker_number: "1-9",
speaker_number_text: "6",
second_language_speakers: null,
semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
young_adults: null,
older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: "300",
date_of_info: null,
public_comment: "Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).",
private_comment: null,
source_id:1511,
preferred: 0,
},
{
id:4230,
code_id:2517,
speaker_number: "1-9",
speaker_number_text: null,
second_language_speakers: null,
semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
young_adults: null,
older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: null,
date_of_info: null,
public_comment: "A few old speakers",
private_comment: null,
source_id:1526,
preferred: 0,
},
{
id:25314,
code_id:2517,
speaker_number: "10-99",
speaker_number_text: "10",
second_language_speakers: null,
semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
young_adults: null,
older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: "400",
date_of_info: "2012",
public_comment: "The speaker number has reduced to less than 10 after an elderly speaker passed away in 2013.",