《历史语言研究.中央研究院》49_2_国立中央研究院历史语言研究所集刊
E.P.S It has two dialects:Taai inChinese)whom both Starosta andI INTRODUCTION Saisiyat is an Austronesian language in northern Taiwan,with 大to the north and Tungho束河to the south.For the northern dialect,0gawa and Asai(1935:109-128) outlined its phonetics, morphology and syntax and provided 7 texts
0日 kakoaf,cf.k/om/oaftocomb fayfiLatbsg pinatiLaygs-atoloi 上 The alterna- 5 Compare the * 0aw L.E.P.S ziLas 光mat!Although all the underlined semivowelslisted are phonetically Synchronically, these semivowels are phonetically predictable, Diachronically,it is feasible to leave out these semiv
L.E.P.S Tungho mayliilto dance, Taai babozo? Tungho baboya?ginger.There are only a few such discrepancies.I double-checked these forms with informants andtheywere consistent.Someof these discrepancies can be explained as a phonological process such as assimilation operated on one dialect,but not 
