Atayal language
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The Atayal language is spoken by the Atayal people of Taiwan. The language has about 32 dialects, of which Sqoleq, Ts'ole' and Mayrinax are the most well-known.
The language is the northernmost and perhaps most divergent Austronesian language.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
There is a dictionary of the language and a grammar. In 2002 a bible text was published. Ayatal is written in the Latin alphabet.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| High | |||
| Mid | |||
| Low |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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| Fricative | Voiceless | |||||||
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