| Also Known As: Botel Tabago,Botel Tobago,Lanyu,Tao,Tawu
Description:
The Yami language (雅美), also known as Tao (Chinese: 達悟語), is a Batanic language spoken by the Tao people of Taiwan who live on Orchid Island, 46 kilometers southeast of the main island of Taiwan. It is the only language of Taiwanese aborigines that does not fit in with the other Formosan languages but instead shares linguistic similarities with the Ivatan language spoken in the Batanes of northern Philippines...... full article at Wikipedia |
Location of Yami Language Speakers
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23.766700, 121.000000, Taiwan
28.541667, 120.150000, Republic of China
49.837982, 105.820313, Asia</googlemap>
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