Formosan languages in Taiwan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Formosan_languages_in_Taiwan

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	high for indigenous identity
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Hakka gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese gptkb:Hokkien
gptkbp:earliestRecords	17th century
gptkbp:education	included in some school curricula
gptkbp:example	gptkb:Atayal gptkb:Hla’alua gptkb:Kanakanavu gptkb:Kavalan gptkb:Saaroa gptkb:Saisiyat gptkb:Sakizaya gptkb:Seediq gptkb:Thao gptkb:Truku gptkb:Tsou gptkb:Amis gptkb:Bunun gptkb:Paiwan gptkb:Puyuma gptkb:Rukai gptkb:Yami_(Tao)
gptkbp:firstDocumented	gptkb:Dutch_missionaries
gptkbp:governmentResponse	increasing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Formosan languages in Taiwan
gptkbp:ISO639-3	gptkb:topographic_map
gptkbp:language	16
gptkbp:languageShift	towards Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	focus system Austronesian alignment rich verb morphology
gptkbp:mediaType	limited
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Paul_Jen-kuei_Li gptkb:Shigeru_Tsuchida
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	few thousand per language (varies)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkbp:percentageOfAustronesianLanguages	about 1/6
gptkbp:percentageOfTaiwanPopulation	less than 2%
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Council_of_Indigenous_Peoples,_Taiwan
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Malayo-Polynesian_languages
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts	active
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Taiwan gptkb:Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples
gptkbp:status	endangered
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	critically endangered (some languages)
gptkbp:writingSystem	Latin alphabet (for some languages)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Austronesian
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6