Photo Source:
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Map Source:
People Group location: Web research. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.
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People Name: | Saaroa |
Country: | Taiwan |
10/40 Window: | Yes |
Population: | 300 |
World Population: | 300 |
Primary Language: | Bunun |
Primary Religion: | Other / Small |
Christian Adherents: | 0.00 % |
Evangelicals: | 0.00 % |
Scripture: | Complete Bible |
Ministry Resources: | No |
Jesus Film: | No |
Audio Recordings: | Yes |
People Cluster: | Taiwan Indigenous |
Affinity Bloc: | East Asian Peoples |
Progress Level: |
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The Saaroa reside in the west central mountains, south and southeast of Minchuan, along the Laonung River. The Saaroa language was on the verge of extinction in 1990. There are currently just 5 to 6 speakers in an ethnic population of a few hundred. The Saaroa are sinicized. Speakers have shifted to Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Bunun. No children speak Saaroa. Older people speak Taiwanese. There was a major shift to Bunun when Bunun speakers migrated into the area. There has been a subsequent shift to Mandarin.