Puyuma language

E143620

The Puyuma language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Puyuma Indigenous people of southeastern Taiwan.

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Puyuma language canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Formosan language
endangered language
alignmentType Austronesian alignment
alternativeName Beinan
Nanshi Amis (historical misclassification)
Pinan
Puyuma
Puyuma
surface form: Puyuma-Puyuma

Puyumaan
continent Asia
country Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
endangermentStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Puyuma people
hasDialect Katipul dialect
Nanwang dialect
Puyuma proper dialect
hasGrammaticalFeature aspect and mood marking on verbs
case-marking particles
focus system
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
voice-marking on verbs
hasNeighboringLanguage Amis language
Paiwan language
Rukai language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3 pyu
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageOf indigenous peoples of Taiwan
surface form: Puyuma Indigenous people of Taiwan
locatedNear Taitung City
morphologicalType agglutinative
primaryWordOrder verb–initial
region southeastern Taiwan
revitalizationEffort community-based language classes
documentation projects by linguists
shiftedTo Mandarin Chinese (for many speakers)
Taiwanese Hokkien
surface form: Taiwanese Hokkien (for many speakers)
spokenBy Puyuma people
spokenIn Taitung County
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
spokenInVillage Kasavakan
Katipul
Nanwang
Tamalakaw
status endangered
subfamily Formosan languages
usedIn rituals and ceremonies
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Formosan languages majorSubgroupIncludes Puyuma language