East Formosan

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East Formosan is a primary subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising several indigenous languages historically spoken along the eastern coast of Taiwan.

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instanceOf Austronesian language subgroup
primary branch of the Austronesian language family
hasAlternativeName Eastern Formosan NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic comprises several indigenous languages of Taiwan
considered one of the primary splits of Proto-Austronesian
historically spoken along the eastern coast of Taiwan
includes languages with significant endangerment
includes some extinct languages
hasCountry Taiwan NERFINISHED
hasDocumentationStatus varies from well-documented to poorly documented among member languages
hasEthnolinguisticContext indigenous peoples of Taiwan NERFINISHED
hasGeographicDistribution Taiwan NERFINISHED
eastern Taiwan NERFINISHED
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian NERFINISHED
hasNotableLanguage Amis language NERFINISHED
Basay language NERFINISHED
Kavalan language NERFINISHED
Siraya language NERFINISHED
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Austronesian NERFINISHED
hasReconstructionTarget Proto–East Formosan NERFINISHED
hasRegion Hualien region of Taiwan NERFINISHED
Taitung region of Taiwan NERFINISHED
Yilan region of Taiwan NERFINISHED
eastern coastal plains of Taiwan
hasStatus many member languages are endangered
some member languages are extinct
hasSubgroup Amis language NERFINISHED
Basay language NERFINISHED
Kanakanavu language NERFINISHED
Kavalan language NERFINISHED
Makatao language
Nataoran Amis NERFINISHED
Pangcah (Amis) language NERFINISHED
Saaroa language NERFINISHED
Siraya language NERFINISHED
Trobiawan language
hasTypologicalFeature Austronesian alignment patterns
rich verbal morphology
isStudiedIn Austronesian historical linguistics NERFINISHED
Formosan linguistics NERFINISHED
partOf Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
subclassOf Formosan languages NERFINISHED

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Kavalan language languageBranch East Formosan