The Paiwan Language 

I’m Paiwan people, we trying to save our languages.

I am Paiwan and really have been looking for ways to learn the language. Please make more of these, it's so helpful! :)

In Ilocano (a Philippine language): Kayo (kasiw in Paiwan) for tree Paryok (pariuk in Paiwan) for pan Dagum (djaum in Paiwan) for needle

This is my mother language, paiwan language have a lof of local accent . Different villages have different accent,more diversity and multicultural. Paiwan language have very difficult pronounce, we have “lj “ ,”tj”, “dr” , “dj” , also have a very social pronounce in “r” , is some like French language’s “ r” .

It's amazing. Like helimaw means tiger in some language but in Filipino it means like a mythical monster. And sig bin is a mythical magical creature which is just a jumping marsupial in some continent

Vavaian sounds like Bobolian (Dusun)/Bobolizan (Rungus) in Northern Borneo, which means Female Shaman. Another interesting thing about the Momogun (KadazanDusun) tribes of Northern Borneo in the old days will have 3 levels of speech: 1) Ritualistic language; used by the Bobolizan to speak with the spirits, non-Bobolizan won’t be able to understand this language. 2) Poetic language; used by people to recite poems or riddles, lullabies. Also to communicate as a lingua-franca with the neighboring tribes that speak the same branch of Momogun (KadazanDusun) dialects. E.g: House in Momogun is Valai/walai (regular speech) but there is an equivalent to it, Lamin (poetic). Even the word water is interesting because the Momogun people will say Vaig/waig (regular speech), the equivalent to it would be danum/ranom (poetic). 3) Regular speech; many of the Momogun/KadazanDusun languages are mutually intelligible to each other, they can just speak to their neighboring tribes with ease using their own dialect, except for one of the dialects, the Lotud tribe (a very interesting language mainly residing in Kota Belud area of Sabah). I am not well-versed with Murutic branch, so I’m not sure if they have similar system as the Momogun/KadazanDusun groups.

Visayan Languages 🇵🇭 (+ Tagalog) English: Female child Tagalog: Anak na babae Cebuano: Anak nga babaye Hiligaynon: Anak nga babaye Waray-waray: Anak nga babaye English: Child of a woman Tagalog: Anak ng babae Cebuano: Anak og babaye Hiligaynon: Anak sing babaye Waray-waray: Anak sin/hin babaye English: Child of the woman Tagalog: Anak nang babae Cebuano: Anak sa babaye Hiligaynon: Anak sang babaye Waray-waray: Anak san/han babaye

I'm honestly impressed by how much sense this makes.

Can you make us a video of why Taiwan's language is very diverse? Would love to hear about that Btw I think with better editing and animation, your channel could be big. Keep up the good work! :)

Sad to hear that native austronesian languages in Taiwan is dying.

the word zaljum is interesting since in Cebuano (salom/saum) means to dive or to swim. While djaum is dagom in cebuano.

You are spot on with the lima/nima originally meaning hand. It was mainly used as standard of measurement where things are normally grouped into five and counted in groups of five or hand so one group of five means one hand.

As a language lover, these videos are so interesting, especially because Austronesian languages aren't as talked about as other more widespread languages. Keep up the good work!

As a Bisayan/Cebuano speaker who lives in the heart of Mindanao, Paywanese language sounds like just another language in the next town.

The word "kaka" in Tagalog refers to the eldest sibling regardless of gender. My grandmother was the eldest and her siblings referred her as "kaka". Unfortunately, the word is seldom used anymore by newer generation. Mabuhay po kayo! Marami po akong natutunan sa channel nyo.

The word gadu is still exist in jarai language Gadu which means high hills or small mountains Veli pretty close to blei which means buy Pilig is close to pơplih which means trade or change . But we call roah mean choose Jalan jơlan or lan mean road Sapuy which mean fire smoke Apui is fire Djuam the same as Malay call jarum is needle Tơlơi hơdip is life/ alive . Aljak nua vavaian very close to ană neh wabonai which means my auntie child

Paiwan / Bahasa Indonesia Lauz / Laut Veli / Beli Kan / Makan Djalan /Jalan Qudjalj /Hujan Sapuy / Api Piliq / Pilih Vuluq / buluh Pariuk / Periuk Djaum / Jarum Matsaqu / Tahu

These words should be preserved, because Austronesian-Polynesian family of languages came from Taiwan

It's interesting to note that many words can be found in the Ilocano languages. Anop means to hunt. I am interested in Austronesian languages because I can speak fluently more than 10 Philippine languages.

Please preserve this language, it is the root of our common ancestors the proto Austronesian

This is very interesting :)

Good job in explaining and it made us more appreciative of our Filipino language. We want to thank you maraming salamat po at lumiwanag ang lahat ng bagay

The paiwan language...its very good sharing

"Palayok" refers to a round-bottomed clay pot, much like the Malay "priuk".

I wonder if the Fijian word "Sala" meaning path or road comes from Djalan

In tagalog its a cutting tool vuluq- bolo, some northern Philippines, guluk, the Dialan word maybe daanan (pathway), the pariuk is palayok ( a traditional clay jar for cooking on fire. ). Qmuziquzip- hayop (maybe?? O and I is almost pronounce nearly the same? Just a guess .) love your content sir.

May I ask which dialect of Paiwan you used here? I'm learning Eastern Paiwan from a native Southern Paiwan and saw some differences (very small) from what I've learned so far. Only started last month, so cool to see some content on the language in English!

interesting. philippines retain some old austronesian language. is it because we are closer to the source of austronesian language? we are somewhat lucky that we still have our austronesian languages after all philippines had been colonized by spain for 333 years. spanish was the working class language spoken during that era. Thus, we had so many spanish loans mixed in our language.

In Tagalog: bolo - machete gulok - machete buho - type of bamboo these resembles 'vuluq' for spear.

10:43 from vatu to aso..i am glad to hear we had dogs even way way way before colonization

"Palayok" in Tagalog means a clay cooking vessel that looks like a pot. The round-bottomed metal pans are called "kawa" (for very large communal pans) and "kawali" (for small pans), cf. Malay "kawah", "kuali".

Dagom or dagum is needle in bisaya filipino dialect. Cool. Lahus is.more on going straight thru in bisaya. Yes more like going down a road or a river

Taiwan Aborigine / Tagalog sapuy = apoy kan = kain veli = bili piliq = pili vatu = aso vuluq = gulok, bolo djalan = daan pariuk = palayok

Matsaqu : i wonder if this is related to Tagalog MATAKAW which means greedy...able to eat a lot, able to catch attention (matakaw sa paningin)

In Indonesian Lauz → Laut (ocean) Qudjalj → Hujan (rain) Kasiw → Kayu (wood) Sapuy → Api (fire) Kan → Makan (eat) Veli → Beli (buy) Piliq → Pilih (choose) Vatu → Asu (dog) (Javanese, as said in the video) Buluq → Buluh (bamboo) Djalan → Jalan (walk, path) Aljak → Anak (child) Kaka → Kakak (older sibling) Qmuziquzip → Hidup (alive) Djaum → Jarum (needle) Matsaqu → Tahu (know)

6:40 ish... Zaljum for water... In Cebuano Salum which means to dive deep in the water... If you wanna go freediving, we can call it salum or salom or sawom (as Cebuano accepts L and W as interchangeable sometimes..) love this kind of content...

The man hunts the pigs in the mountains with a spear. Tagalog: VSO : Nanghuli ang tao (lalaki) ng mga baboy sa kabundokan (bundok) gamit ang bulo. Tagalog: SVO: Ang tao (lalaki) ay nanghuli ng mga baboy sa kabundokan gamit ang bulo.

In Ilocano, paryok means wok, dalan - road, aso - dog, danum - water, padanum - to irrigate

in 23:27 the paiwan word for spear is Vuluq in the philippines we have a weapon/tool we call a bolo is this cognates? like maybe the proto-austronesian word for weapon is Buluq(just a thought)

Very interesting, I relate with Malay is really interesting.

The cognate of "ma-tsaqu" in Tagalog might "ma-tahô", "to be able to know", "to be able to understand". Interestingly, the other word for "be able to" in Paiwan, "ma-kaya" is identical to Tagalog "ma-kaya".

Interestingly, karayom in Tagalog is a loanword from Kapampangan, a neighbouring language The *R reflex in Tagalog is "g", like in the words bigat, bigay, bago, itlog, etc. In Kapampangan, the reflex is "y"

I don’t speak my ancestral tongue of Minahasa. It’s considered a Filipino language even though it’s in North Sulawesi. I was wondering 2 things if you could please answer it for me. The word for woman is Wewene and the word for man is Tuama. How would the shift go for these words?

What?!!! Your example in the Paiwan language for e.g. the part related to sun. Paiwan Tagalog qadaw araw maqadaw maaraw paqadawan paarawan And it both have same meanings.

Tagalog Palayok is a clay pot. Karayum in Tagalog, dagum in Visayan languages. Qaljup might have evolved and diverged from "to hunt" to Tagalog Kalap, "to gather." Similarly, tsautsau is similar enough for the duplication of tao to tao-tao, which can mean people in Tagalog but "mga tao" sounds grammatically correct. A similar word for ljlauz in Kiniray-a is "ilawòd" which means "the side nearest water." Basically, seaward; Irayá is landward but I don't know the word for it for Paiwan. Masakô in Hiligaynon might be related to matsaqu but the meaning might have drifted to mean busy but that might be a stretch.

I have personally researched on the archeological evidence in Taiwan for years, and I discovered there are three places during the "Kingdom of Dadu" in Taiwan central and western area that are actually related to the ancient civilization of Babylon post flood era based on the archeological evidence of pottery patterns and metallic remains that have been discoverered by local Taiwan scholars over the years, and they realized its resemblance in cultural similarity with the Mesopotamia river-basins of ancient Babylon. Including the snake symbols & tattoos and color patterns of the aboriginal tribal custumes in its designs were almost identical as those of ancient Babylon when the collapse of Tower of Babel post-flood took place. The ethnic group Batuan (pronounced like Dadu in Mandarin) may have immigrated to the Philippine Islands at the same time. The Huiwen ruins in Taichung City, Shisanhang in New Taipei City, and all the way to Sanxian Cave in Taitung have been excavated with the possible traces and remains of pottery and metal pieces from Dadu Kingdom gradually moving towards the South Pacific Islands. The historical footprint of the language were of the same origin for the Austronesian migrants across the South Pacific islands even as far as Indian Ocean. The Minor Ice Age eventually led to the rise of sea levels in the Age of Discovery with Portugal & Spain, it was the main reason why the people of the Dadu Kingdom gradually moved from the island of Taiwan to the Philippines due to the global climate changes. ONE important findings was a Bible translation to ancient Saisia tribal in Taiwan by the Dutch missionaries back in 1600s.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L5uH779OvfI.html

15:47 djaum for needle.. in Cebuano we say Dagum

The sound changes are a trip.

Laoz laot lahus. Different meanings now in different tribes. Dalum lalum lalim. Yes all water. Dalan is road in cebuano. Palayok is an earthen pot in filipino. It's lyake means man in surigao tongue

Interesting

15:28 DJAUM : needle in visayas is DAGUM.

Better look at the dialects of the tribes in the highlands of Cordillera region in the Philippines because all these Austronesian words was more clearly spoken in our native dialect which was totally different to Tagalog language though a little bit similar to Ilokano dialect in the lowlands..

Are there conservation efforts being done to preserve their languages?

the *qudip root for alive I think also became izip in Kavalan which means the body. I can't shake how close the *zaRum > djaum sounds like the Holo word for needle tsiam (尖).

I didn't notice this before, but at 5:36 the word "ljelauz". Is it possible that the Tagalog word "luwas" is somehow related? Nowadays the word "luwas" means "going to the town or city center", but back then it also means "descending from the mountains to the areas near the sea", it was the opposite of "ilaya" in Tagalog.

Have you tried reading the Chamorro language? They have words that are very long and complex

The sentence structure of verb-subject-object and using ''i'' as marker is very similar to Old Javanese. In modern Javanese "i" becomes "ing". Old Javanese uses "ta" instead of "a" as a marker of subject however this doesn't exist in modern javanese. I recommend you to learn Old Javanese because it's the only Austronesian language that has the oldest writing records and huge influence on other Austronesian languages and even Old Japanese.

Is Paiwan the closest language to Malayo-polynesian? (since it's located in the southern tip of the island). The sound changes are not as complex as I imagine. But at the same time it preserves so many Proto-austronesian features.

Djaum (needle) is dagum (needle) in Visayan dialect.

CEBUANO 🇵🇭 (1) Focus: Man Miayam ang tawo sa mga baboy sa kabukiran og bangkaw. (2) Focus: Pigs Ayamon sa tawo ang mga baboy sa kabukiran og bangkaw. (3) Focus: Mountains Ayaman sa tawo sa mga baboy ang kabukiran og bangkaw. (4) Focus: Spear I-ayam sa tawo sa mga baboy sa kabukiran ang bangkaw. Each particle changes depending on whether the noun is definite or indefinite.

needle in Philippines, in Tagalog is karayom , in Visaya is dagum

In Tagalog a” = “ay”, Anak ay babae = the child is a female nua=ng, tua=sa, tia=sya,

05:24 in Cebuano i hear the verb "lahús". As non native speaker i take it to mean "to go through a place or end up in a place" something...

Spears in Tagalog is called ‘SIBAT’

taho is not to know in tagalog, taho is a very delicious dessert sold on the streets from silken tofu, pearls and liquidized brown sugar that i would really love to eat right now.

Needle in Hiligaynon is dagum

Amazing video, but I have a question regarding one of your assumptions. It seems far more common for /t/ to become a /ts/ in languages around the world, rather than the other way around. For example, we don't pronounce words like statue, congratulation, or Tuesday the same way in Classical Latin or West Germanic languages anymore. Instead of /t/ or other plosives, they shifted towards /ts/ or corresponding sibilants. There are other Formosan languages that use a t or tʰ for the word tao, such as Thau for the Thau language, and tamdaw for Pangcah (Amis), trau (ʈau) for Pinuyumayan, tayal for Atayal. There are also examples of languages outside of Taiwan using a sibilant for the initial consonant of that word, such as taotao in Chamoru. Wouldn't it be more likely that /t/ was the original consonant?

12:00 pariuk.. i wonder when did we start cooking this way. Did we only boil food? Or we already knew how to fry food?

If "vuluq" is bamboo, I suppose the Tagalog word "buho" is related to it, which is a word for a species of bamboo

Pan/wok in Ilokano same as pariuk 😀

10:22 veli - to buy....is veli the same as to barter? Or did they have concept of money in those times?

Taiwan and Singapore are two Austronesian land and now occupied by other race and nation, its Shame but yeah they cant do anything

In Pangasinan, "eat" is "makan".

in tagalog palayok is pot, now it specifically pertains to a clay pot

paiwan: lima-hand ilocano: ima-hand

Why the yami island is in the map of taiwan?? Its a part of the philippines

Pangasinan Philippines danum,rain is oran,to irrigate paranuman,kiew is tree ,kakiewan is forest,apuy is fire,,mangan is to eat,pili is to choose,aso is dog,bili is to buy,bolo is spear,road is dalan,,bii is woman,laki is male,child is anak,naakan is something to eat,AGI is sibling,human is too,human is too.animal is ayep,needle is dagum,say is a,anak ya bii is female child,anak na bii is a child of a female or woman,

19:40 anak na babae vs anak ng babae vs anak nung babae...must be confusing to learners not used to the sound differences.

Pa= mountain, wan= Heaven. Please add prakit to your comparison n you will find the origin n how it spread out.

I think nua is the same like nya in malay language. Aljak nua vavaian = Anaknya perempuan

Filipinos have like a mamanwa or magbanwa tribe. I dunno what that means in native taiwanese

Iloko: dagum, 'needle'

Paiwan and Kadazandusun language shared the almost the same language... Paiwan(Sapuy), Kadazandusun(Tapui) Paiwan(Kan), Kadazandusun(akan) Paiwan(vatu), Kadazandusun(Tasu)

*Some Formosan languages extinct* Me: Well, KMT (国民党), can you explain this?

The 'Aljak a vavaian' grammar structure also works in informal Indonesian depending on the context, since 'a' (nya in Indonesian) can mean ownership or description of the object For example, 'Anaknya perempuan' can mean: 1. The female's kid 2. The female kid

11:03 vuluq.. in tagalog we have BOLO. It is a machete.

Woman in Tagalog is Babae

Yami is the only Malayo-Polynesian language in Taiwan.

Indonesia Kalimantan Dayak fire/apui pig / babui cat / water pus / danum kamu / fire fish / apu aunt / mina dog / asu🙏

Vavaian/Perempuan.

Samay laki linmad palandey na manpana na baboy.in Pangasinan Philippines.the man went to the mountain to hunt for pig.

Not just languages, the peoples of Austronesian people in Taiwan/paiwan is dying....

Samay laki linmad palandey ya manpana na baboy .

life/alive in javanese = urip

Arai Salikaka. Pangcah itini Philippines

The indigenous people of Taiwan birthed the start of the Austronesian extent and the languages. However annexation and colonialism of course caused the ruin of multiple cultures and eventually death of the people and the languages.

Taiwan belongs to Austronesian, not Chinese mainland. No doubt, history tells to whom it belongs.

Dagum in bicol meaning needle

Palayok.. is a pot in the Philippines.