Alternate Names: Bu-Hwan, Che-Hwan, Daiya-Ataiyal, Hogo, Iboho, Paran, Saediq, Sazek, Sedek, Sedeq, Sediakk, Sedik, Seedek, Seedeq, Seedik, Seediq, Sejiq, Shedekka, Taruku, Toda, Toroko, Truku
Dialects: Tekedaya (Paran, Tkdaya), Teruku (Truku), Te’uda (Tuuda). Dialects differ mainly in phonology and lexicon, some in grammar.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 20,000 (2008 R. Covell).
Language Use: Elderly also use Japanese [jpn].
Language Development: Used as requested in special classes in schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2005.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Taiwan
Other Comments: ‘Taroko’, person, used by the coastals; ‘Sediq’, person, used by those in the mountains.