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Formosan languages

The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping of Austronesian languages spoken by the Indigenous peoples of Taiwan. They do not form a single subfamily of Austronesian but rather up to nine separate primary subfamilies. The Taiwanese Indigenous peoples recognized by the government are about 2.3% of the island's population. However, only 35% speak…

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Ethnicity
Taiwanese Aborigines (Formosan people)
Geographic distribution
Taiwan
Glottolog
None
ISO 639-5
fox
Linguistic classification
Formosan
Proto-language
Proto-Austronesian

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Formosan languages

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Formosan languages

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related to Further reading · 39
Formosan languages → Academia Sinica, Austronesian Formosan, Austronesian Taiwan, Basic Vocabulary, Batavia, Blundell, Chinese Romanized Dictionary, David, Dialects, Dictionary, Endangered Languages, Ethnology, Favorlang, Formosan, Formosan Vernacular, Hedhurst, History, In Li, Institute, Kanakanavu
related to Information · 19
Formosan languages → Ailiao River, Chianan PlainsMakatau, Chinese, Choshui RiverQauqaut, Formosan, Hsinyi, Kulon, Li, Liwuhsi, Nantou CountyPaiwan, PingtungBunun, Saisiyat, Siraya, Tachia River, Taiwan, Takiri River, Tatu River, Tsou, Yushan
related to External links · 18
Formosan languages → Aboriginal, Academia Sinica's Formosan Language, Archive, Chinese, Development FoundationZú, Educational, English, Formosan Dialects, Formosan LanguagesYuánzhùmínzú, Indigenous Languages Research, Indigenous PeoplesT, Narrations, Ogawa's Vocabulary, PDF, Taiwan's Council, Taiwan-Austronesion Indigenous Words, Yami, Zú
related to history · 12
Formosan languages → All Formosan, Formosan, Formosan Taiwanese, However, In, Indigenous, Romanized, Taiwan, Taiwan's Indigenous, Taiwanese, Taiwanese Mandarin, The
Subdivisions · 9
Formosan languages → Atayalic, Bunun, East Formosan, Northwest Formosan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Tsouic, Western Plains
see also · 9
Formosan languages → Austronesian, Cognate, Demographics, Formosan, Indigenous TaiwaneseWriting, Language, ManuscriptsNaming, Taiwanese Indigenous, Wiktionary
related to Gallery · 8
Formosan languages → Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database, Blust, Formosan, Gray, Greenhill, Li, Ross, The Formosan
related to Grammar · 6
Formosan languages → Formosan, Furthermore, Noun, Nouns, This, Verbs
related to Blust · 4
Formosan languages → Blust, Formosan, Proto-Austronesian, The
related to List of languages · 4
Formosan languages → Formosan, Frequently, It, There

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languages formosan taiwan austronesian indigenous language blust taiwanese proto-austronesian peoples linguistics paiwan chinese thao saisiyat li 2009 form nine family

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Formosan languagesEthnicityTaiwanese Aborigines (Formosan people)1.00infobox
Formosan languagesGeographic distributionTaiwan1.00infobox
Formosan languagesGlottologNone1.00infobox
Formosan languagesISO 639-5fox1.00infobox
Formosan languagesLinguistic classificationFormosan1.00infobox
Formosan languagesProto-languageProto-Austronesian1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsEast Formosan1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsNorthwest Formosan1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsWestern Plains1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsAtayalic1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsBunun1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsTsouic1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsRukai1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsPuyuma1.00infobox
Formosan languagesSubdivisionsPaiwan1.00infobox

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