But teaching the mother tongue needs a supportive environment. Sun Ta-chuan, a Puyuma who teaches at Soochow University, says if the mother tongue really needs to be taught in the schools, it means that the battle has already been lost.
可是母語學習需要環境配合，擔任東吳大學哲學系講師的卑南族人孫大川就表示，如果母語要在學校裡教的話，「母語會失傳。」