Yami
Tao
Spoken in Taiwan
Total speakers
Language family Austronesian

• Malayo-Polynesian
  • Philippine
    • Batanic
      • Yami

Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2 map
ISO 639-3 tao
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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.

Similarities with Filipino language

English Yami Filipino/Ilokano/Tagalog etc
Person tao tao
Mother ina ina
Father ama ama
Head oo ulo
Yes nohon oho (opo)
Friend kagagan kaibigan
Who sino sino
They sira sila
Their nira nila
Offspring anak anak
I ko ako, SIAK (ILOKANO)
You ka ikaw (cebuano: ka) SIKA (ILOKANO)
Day araw araw, ALDAW (ILOKANO)
Eat kanen kumain [kanen](ILOKANO)
Drink inomen inomen (ILOKANO)
And aka saka
Ouch Ananay Aray (cebuano: Araray) Anay (ILOKANO)
Home vahay bahay, balay (ilokano, cebuano)
Pig viik biik (piglet)
Goat kadling kambing,kanding (cebuano)kalding (ilokano)
Stone vato bato (ilokano, cebuano)
One ása isa,maysa (ilokano)
Two dóa (raroa) dalawa (cebuano: duha) Dua (ilokano)
Three tílo tatlo (cebuano: tulo) TALO (ILOKANO)
Four ápat apat, upat (ilokano, cebuano)
Five líma lima (ilokano, cebauno)
Six ánem anim, inem (ilokano), unom (cebuano)
Seven píto pito (ilokano, cebuano)
Eight wáo walo (ilokano, cebuano)
Nine síam siyam (ilokano, cebuano)
Ten póo sampom, sangapulo (ilokano)

Japanese loanwords

English Yami Japanese
Airplane sikoki hikouki (飛行機)
Alcohol saki sake (酒)
Battleship gengkang gunkan (軍艦)
Bible seysio seisho (聖書)
Christ Kizisto kirisuto (キリスト)
Doctor koysang o-isha-san? (お医者さん)
Flashlight dingki denki (電気)
Holy Spirit seyzi seirei (聖霊)
Key kagi kagi (鍵)
Medicine kosozi kusuri (薬)
Motorcycle otobay ootobai (オートバイ; auto bike)
Police kisat keisatsu (警察)
School gako gakkō (学校)
School bag kabang kaban (鞄)
Teacher sinsi sensei (先生)
Ticket kipo kippu (切符)
Truck tozako torakku (トラック; truck)

Chinese loanwords

English Yami Chinese (Mandarin)
Wine potaw cio pútáojīu (葡萄酒)

See also

• Languages of Taiwan
• Taiwanese aborigines
• Tao people
• Batanic languages
• Ivatan language

References

External links

• Yami wordlists at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: 1, 2

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