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Yami ((中国語:雅美)), also known as Tao (), is Malayo-Polynesian language. It is a member of the Ivatan dialect continuum spoken by the Yami people of Taiwan. It is spoken on Orchid Island, 46 kilometers southeast of the main island of Taiwan. Yami is known as ''ciriciring no Tao'', or "human speech," by its native speakers.〔Rau 2006: 79〕 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. ==Phonology== Yami has 20 consonants and 4 vowels:〔Rau 2006: 79-80〕 ;Consonants (in Yami script) *Stops: *Fricatives: ( is retroflex) *Nasals: *Liquids: *Affricates: (palatal affricates) *Trills: (alveolar trill) *Glides: ;Vowels * (e is a mid-central vowel) Iraralay Yami, spoken on the north coast, distinguishes between long and short consonants (e.g., ''opa'' 'thigh' vs. ''oppa'' 'hen' form one such minimal pair).〔Rau 2006: 81〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yami language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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