Formosan languages

E25857

Austronesian languages group of languages indigenous languages

Formosan languages are a group of indigenous Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the native peoples of Taiwan and considered crucial for understanding the early diversification of the Austronesian language family.

Aliases (7)

Atayal ×1
Extra-Formosan languages ×1
Paiwan language ×1
Pazeh language ×1
Proto-Formosan ×1
Rukai language ×1
Taiwan (Austronesian homeland hypothesis) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian languages → group of languages → indigenous languages →
arealRegion	East Asia → Pacific →
estimatedNumberOfLanguages	20 to 26 →
geneticClassification	non-Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian languages → primary branches of Austronesian →
geographicDistribution	Taiwan →
historicalRole	represent early branches of Austronesian before Malayo-Polynesian split →
languageFamily	Austronesian →
majorSubgroupIncludes	Amis language → Atayalic languages → Babuza language → Basay language → Bunun language → Hoanya language → Kavalan language → Kaxabu language → Ketagalan language → Kulon language → Luilang language → Paiwan language → Pazeh language → Puyuma language → Rukai language → Saisiyat language → Sakizaya language → Seediq language → Siraya language → Taokas language → Thao language → Truku language → Tsouic languages →
recognizedBy	Government of Taiwan →
regulatingBody	Council of Indigenous Peoples (Taiwan) (policy role) →
significance	crucial for understanding early diversification of Austronesian →
spokenBy	indigenous peoples of Taiwan →
spokenIn	Taiwan →
status	endangered → extinct → moribund → severely endangered →
subclassOf	Austronesian language family →
subjectOf	comparative Austronesian linguistics →
usedIn	indigenous education programs in Taiwan → oral literature → traditional rituals →
writingSystem	Chinese characters (historically for some languages) → Latin script (for many languages) →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Formosan languages ("Paiwan language") → Formosan languages ("Rukai language") → Formosan languages ("Pazeh language") →	majorSubgroupIncludes
Batanic languages →	closelyRelatedTo
Malayo-Polynesian languages →	geneticRelation
Malayo-Polynesian languages ("Extra-Formosan languages") →	hasAlternativeName
Austronesian alignment ("Atayal") →	hasExampleLanguage
Austronesian languages →	hasSubfamily
Proto-Austronesian ("Proto-Formosan") →	hasSubgroup
Malayo-Polynesian languages ("Taiwan (Austronesian homeland hypothesis)") →	historicalOrigin
Proto-Austronesian →	isAncestorOf
Republic of China →	recognizedLanguage
Austronesian alignment →	usedIn