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Austronesian language group of Taiwan
Atayalic
Geographic
distribution		Northern Taiwan
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
  • Atayalic
Proto-languageProto-Atayalic
Subdivisions
Language codes
Linguasphere30-AA
Glottologatay1246

The Atayalic languages are a group of Formosan languages spoken in northern Taiwan. Robert Blust considers them to form a primary branch within the Austronesian language family, However, Paul Jen-kuei Li groups them into the Northern Formosan branch, which includes the Northwestern Formosan languages.

Classification

A map showing the distribution of the two major dialect groups of the Atayal language. The Atayal people reside in central and northern Taiwan, along the Hsuehshan mountains.

Li (1981) and Li (1982) classify the Atayalic languages and dialects as follows:

  • Atayalic
    • Atayal
      • Squliq Atayal
        • Squliq
        • Maspaziʔ
        • Pyanan
        • Lmuan
        • Habun Bazinuq
        • Syanuh
        • Kulu
        • ŋŋupa
        • Haga-Paris
        • Kubaboo
        • Rghayuŋ
      • C'uli' Atayal (also known as Ts'ole' Atayal)
        • Skikun, Mnibuʔ
        • Mnawyan
        • Mayrinax (includes female and male registers)
        • Mabatuʔan
        • Matabalay
        • Sakuxan
        • Palŋawan
        • Mkgugut
        • Pyahaw
        • Ryuhiŋ
        • Mtlaŋan
        • Knŋyan
    • Seediq
      • Toŋan
      • Toda
      • Truwan
      • Inago

Reconstruction

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Proto-Atayalic
Reconstruction ofAtayalic languages
Reconstructed
ancestor		Proto-Austronesian

The Proto-Atayalic language was reconstructed by Taiwanese linguist Paul Jen-kuei Li in 1981. Proto-Atayalic had final voiced stops, which are preserved in the Mayrinax dialect of Cʔuliʔ Atayal. These voiced stops include *-b, *-d, *-g, and *-g'. However, they are now lost in many dialects of Atayal, Seediq, and also Pazeh (Blust 2009:615).

References

Notes

  1. ^ Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 1981. "Reconstruction of Proto-Atayalic Phonology." In Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 2004. Selected Papers on Formosan Languages. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
  2. Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 1982. "Atayalic Final Voiced Stops." In Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 2004. Selected Papers on Formosan Languages. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.

General references

  • Li, Paul Jen-Kuei (2004). "Reconstruction of Proto-Atayalic Phonology". Selected Papers on Formosan Languages (in English and Chinese). Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. ISBN 9789570184136.
Formosan languages
East
Ami
Kavalanic
Sirayaic
Northern
Atayalic
Northwest
Tsouic
Others
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  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicates extinct status


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