Tao language New Testament / Seysyo No Tao Avayo A seysyo / Bible Society in Taiwan 2016 / TAO NT 263P / Dark Red Hardcover / 雅美 (Yami Bible)

Hardcover 2016

ISBN: 9789579977104  /  978-9579977104

ISBN-10: 9579977100

PAGES: 904

PUBLISHER: Bible Society in Taiwan

LANGUAGE: Tao (達悟語) - AKA Yami (雅美)

In Chinese they are called Tao, but in their own language and now to everyone else they are known as the Yami.

They only live on the Orchard Island off southern Taiwan, and not far from the top of the Philippines actually.

English Summary:

Yami (Chinese: 雅美), also known as Tao (Chinese: 達悟語), is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Yami people of Orchid Island, 46 kilometers southeast of Taiwan. It is a member of the Ivatan dialect continuum.

Yami is known as ciriciring no Tao, or "human speech," by its native speakers

Yami is the only native language of Taiwanese aborigines that is not a member of the Formosan grouping of Austronesian; it is one of the Batanic languages found in the northern Philippines.