Many languages are spoken in Taiwan, but most, if not all, the Formosan languages are facing extinction due to the drastic linguistic policies carried out during the time of the Japanese occupation (1895–1945) and during the first fifty years of the Nationalist government (1949–1989). Among the sixteen officially recognized Indigenous languages of Taiwan, four can be characterized as vulnerable and twelve are currently severely or critically endangered, based on the measures established by the UNESCO (2003).

There are about 60 scholars and students working on Formosan languages at this moment. While we are currently witnessing (in nearly all the Formosan languages) a decrease of the number of competent speakers, a loss of language proficiency, the erosion of parts of the linguistic systems, and the overriding dominance of Mandarin Chinese, in the past ten or twenty years many scholars have started to work together in a collaborative fashion, and we are observing a more systematic and comprehensive coverage of the aboriginal languages of Taiwan than we have been able to do before. Research range are being carried out in different perspectives: from a more general, comparative or typological standpoint, from a more historical viewpoint or through a sociolinguistic assessment of what has been achieved in the past decades.

We are happy to announce a (joint) symposium in four different locations in Taiwan (Academia Sinica in Taipei and Tainan, National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu and National Dong Hwa University in Hualien), from November 28 through December 8, 2023. In each of these venues, colleagues will present a variety of topics that do not only correspond to each presenter’s expertise, they also respond to the interests of the students and communities where the conference will take place.

台灣是個多語社會，但由於在日據時期（1895-1945 年）及國民黨政府執政的前五十年（1949-1989）所實施的嚴厲語言政策，大部分（如果不是全部）台灣南島語面臨滅絕的危機。根據聯合國教科文組織 (2003)，在台灣官方認可的十六種原住民語言中，有四種屬於脆弱語言，十二種目前處於嚴重或極度瀕危狀態。

目前大約有60名學者和學生從事台灣南島語研究工作。雖然在過去數十年來，因為台灣華語壓倒性的優勢造成幾乎所有台灣南島語言母語使用者的數量大幅減少、語言能力下降、部分語言系統受到邊緣化，許多學者自解嚴後，開始以協作的方式一起工作，對台灣原住民語言的研究，覆蓋率比以往任何時候都來的更系統性及全面性，並且從不同的角度進行研究：包括從類型學的面項，以及從歷史語言學和社會語言學的角度進行探討。台灣南島語言研究現在已達到相當的成熟度，祈望能藉由舉行一系列會議（即聯合研討會）來發表專家學者最新的合作發現。

將在四個不同地點舉行研討會，包括中央研究院台北院區及台南院區、國立清華大學、與國立東華大學。每一個活動地點的主題皆配合當地原鄉部落族人所關切之議題、及當地學生之研究興趣，來邀請該領域的專家學者報告其研究成果。這四場活動暫定於2023年11月28日開始，至12月8日結束。

taywan ’ima ’akoy kapa’yakai’ ’oemaeh, ’oka’ ila, kakhayza’an ripon ’ima malaehang (1895-1945 tinal’oemaeh) ki kominto: nasia kinalaehang monaseb o hayza: ka tinal’oemaeh (1949-1989) minay’isaa’ konre’re’en kapa’yakai’ noka shashinshinraehoe’ swti’ hawka’ ila kapa’yakai’. tani noka lienheko: cyawkewen cuce: ray (2003), ray taywan langpez o shayboshi: ka kapayakai’ ’iizo’, shopat nanaw kapa’yakai’ ’ima kayzaeh, ’aroma’ langpez o rosha’ kapa’yakai’ haysani ma’ ’iakinapazeng ila kita’en.

haysani kamamatawaw kapa’yakai’ no shashishinraehoe’ monshayboshi: o hayza:. hini shaehpiih ila ’akoy tinal’oemaeh, mita’ kama malno noka shashinshinraehoe’ kapa’yakai’ wawalae’ ila, haebaan kamamatawaw ka kapa’yakai’ minay’isaa’, mon’alay mainhal matawaw, matawaw noka shashinshinraehoe’ ka kapa’yakai’, hini pinatawaw ma’ minsalaz ila ki kakhayza’an, o maray ’ima nonak kinita’ ka pinatawaw :  kinita’ maray léshiinshin, ki maray lishe: ’iyanshié:, shehwé: ’iyanshié: komita’ noka shashinshinraehoe’ kapa’yakai’. ’isahini ray taywan kapa’yakai’ noka shashinshiraehoe’ tatngor ila, kinshiwa’ maray yantawhwé: ma pakita’ niya’om ’ima shasho’ ka pinatawaw.

’isahini ma’an ray shopat ka’a’ialahoan ’am yantawhwé:, ray congyang yancyoyan, ray shinciko’ ko:li’ chinhwa: kakishsobaeoehan , o ray kalinko: ka ko:li’ tonghwa: kakishsobaeoehan . sho: yantawhwé: rayno’ ma’ tani shay’isaa’ ray ’asang nasia ka kinshiwa’an kapapnabih ki shay’isaa’ kamakishkaat nasia kinshiwa’ kakish’az’azeman, pawai’ ’oyeh ’ima raam matawaw ka hini kapawaw mwai’ pakbazae’ ka pinatawaw nasia. hini shopat ka’a’ialahoan shinepe: ka haehila: ’am mon’alay ray 2023 tinal’oemaeh 11 ’ilash 28 haehila:, tabin 12 ’ilash 8 haehila: sizaeh.