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The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not form a single subfamily of Austronesian but rather up to nine separate primary subfamilies.
- Taiwanese Aborigines (Formosan people)
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Aug 16, 2022 · Shutterstock/weniliou. Linguistics locates the beginnings of the Austronesian expansion – with Indigenous seafaring people in eastern Taiwan. Published: August 15, 2022 11:04pm EDT. The study...
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The Austronesian languages (/ ˌ ɔː s t r ə ˈ n iː ʒ ən /) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken by about 386 million people (4.9% of the world population). This ...
- One of the world's primary language families
The languages of Taiwan consist of several varieties of languages under the families of Austronesian languages and Sino-Tibetan languages. The Formosan languages, a geographically designated branch of Austronesian languages, have been spoken by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
Fourteen of the 21 or 22 Austronesian languages spoken by the pre-Chinese aboriginal population of Taiwan (also called Formosa) survive. Siraya and Favorlang, which are now extinct, are attested from fairly extensive religious texts compiled by missionaries during the Dutch occupation of southwestern Taiwan (1624–62).
Jan 16, 2014 · The 17 surviving indigenous languages of Taiwan (out of 21 or so) are the oldest and most diverse languages in the large and widespread Austronesian family of languages of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Of the ten major branches of Austronesian, nine are exclusively Taiwanese.
Mar 6, 2014 · The expansion of the Austronesian language family, one of the world’s largest expansions across Island Southeast Asia and Oceania, began in Taiwan. 1 However, genetic evidence has been equivocal, with some mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) studies showing a minor genetic contribution from Taiwan in extant Austronesian-speaking groups. 2, 3 Moreover ...
