In a situation of having no written records, the mother language as a medium is very important. Tseng Chien-tsu, the priest in the Katipol's Catholic church, has always stressed oral literature and often uses his mother tongue for transmission. Following Puyuma customs during services, he uses rice, glutinous rice and fruit as offerings for a bountiful harvest.
在無文字記載的情況下，卑南母語的傳承更形重要，在知本天主堂擔任神職的曾建次向來重視口傳文學，並常用母語傳道，且依卑南習俗在教堂彌撒時用小米、糯米飯、水果等慶祝豐年祭。