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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Formosan languages canonical 23
Paiwan language 2
Atayal 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
group of languages ⓘ
indigenous languages ⓘ
arealRegion East Asia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Pacific
estimatedNumberOfLanguages 20 to 26 ⓘ
geneticClassification non-Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian languages ⓘ
primary branches of Austronesian ⓘ
geographicDistribution Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
historicalRole represent early branches of Austronesian before Malayo-Polynesian split ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
majorSubgroupIncludes Amis language ⓘ
Atayalic languages ⓘ
Babuza language ⓘ
Basay language ⓘ
Bunun language ⓘ
Hoanya language ⓘ
Kavalan language ⓘ
Kaxabu language ⓘ
Ketagalan language ⓘ
Kulon language ⓘ
Luilang language ⓘ
Formosan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Paiwan language

Formosan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pazeh language

Puyuma language ⓘ
Formosan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rukai language

Saisiyat language ⓘ
Sakizaya language ⓘ
Seediq language ⓘ
Sakizaya language ⓘ
surface form: Siraya language

Hoanya language ⓘ
surface form: 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 Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
status endangered ⓘ
extinct ⓘ
moribund ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: 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 (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Republic of China → recognizedLanguage → Formosan languages ⓘ
Formosan languages → majorSubgroupIncludes → Formosan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paiwan language
Formosan languages → majorSubgroupIncludes → Formosan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rukai language
Formosan languages → majorSubgroupIncludes → Formosan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pazeh language
Malayo-Polynesian languages → hasAlternativeName → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Extra-Formosan languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages → geneticRelation → Formosan languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages → historicalOrigin → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taiwan (Austronesian homeland hypothesis)
Batanic languages → closelyRelatedTo → Formosan languages ⓘ
Austronesian alignment → usedIn → Formosan languages ⓘ
Austronesian alignment → hasExampleLanguage → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atayal
Proto-Austronesian → isAncestorOf → Formosan languages ⓘ
Proto-Austronesian → hasSubgroup → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Formosan
Bashi Channel region → isLinguisticContactZoneFor → Formosan languages ⓘ
Seediq → languageBranch → Formosan languages ⓘ
Atayalic languages → subclassOf → Formosan languages ⓘ
Amis language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Saisiyat language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Formosan languages
Thao language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Babuza language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Kulon language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Kulon language → isPartOf → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Formosan languages of Taiwan
Austronesian linguistics → studies → Formosan languages ⓘ
Tsouic languages → subclassOf → Formosan languages ⓘ
Tsouic languages → arealContact → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paiwan language
Ketagalan language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Ketagalan language → isPartOf → Formosan languages ⓘ
Puyuma language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Basay language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Basay language → subgroup → Formosan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Formosan languages
Sakizaya language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Hoanya language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Kavalan language → subfamily → Formosan languages ⓘ
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) → excludes → Formosan languages ⓘ