Formosan Austronesian Natural Languages Linguistics

These are the indigenous languages of Taiwan. They are not related to the Chinese language. They are believed to be ancestral to all of the other Austronesian languages.

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• - News article on revival of Ketagalan People's culture and language.
  
• - Basic words and phrases with sound files (.wav) of the languages of nine native peoples of Taiwan.
  
• - News article on the political future of Austronesian speaking peoples on Taiwan.
  
• - News article on "Taiwan's South Island Language Series" text book for the indigenous Austronesian languages of Taiwan.
  
• - A summit on Pingpu ethnic groups is to be held in October.
  
• - Brief paper on the decline of Taiwan's native Austronesian languages and commentary on the large issues of the decline of minority languages with bibliography at the end.
  
• - Taipei Times news article on the first standard indigenous language proficiency test held in Taiwan.
  
• - Color-coded map of where the various indigenous Austronesian languages of Taiwan are spoken.
  
• - News article about proposal to protect indigenous languages.
  
  

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