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== ''Paiwan'' ==
 
== ''Paiwan'' ==
 
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Paiwan is a native language of southern Taiwan. The language has many dialects and is divided into northern, southern, eastern, and central varieties. According to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paiwan_language Paiwan language wiki page], there were 96,000 L1 speakers of Paiwan in 2014. These native speakers are the ethnic Paiwan, Taiwan Indigenous people, and the language was historically a second language of many people in southern Taiwan. Paiwan is also an official language of Taiwan.
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==== Morphological Typology ====
 
==== Morphological Typology ====
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agglutinative (?)
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Paiwan is an agglutinative language with a lot of affixes, so many that one could make a case that the language is polysynthetic (it's really not).
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==== Available Corpora ====
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There should be plenty of corpora available for Paiwan!
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* Here is a book of educational material for Paiwan, but it's in Chinese: https://www-ws.pthg.gov.tw/Upload/2015pthg/27/ckfile/5a55a08c-33b0-4516-9adc-19f53c973fc5.pdf
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* I came across an artist, ABAO, who writes and sings songs in Paiwan. Here's one of her songs, [https://youtu.be/Tsh4lMH1fA8?si=BPj3oHz4HFe35-zc 'Kinakaian 母親的舌頭'].
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* Here are some more educational materials for Paiwan, still in Chinese: https://web.klokah.tw/
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* Here is a dictionary for Paiwan, specifically the Kulalao dialect (it's in English!): https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/Austronesian/Paiwan%20Dictionary%20%28Grammar%29%20%28Ferrell%29.pdf
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* Here's another dictionary: https://acd.clld.org/languages/370
  
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All in all, there should be no issue finding texts in Paiwan.
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Paiwan is a language native to southern Taiwan, and a language of the ethnic Paiwan people. According to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paiwan_language Paiwan language wiki page], there were 96,000 L1 speakers of Paiwan in 2014.
 
  
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==== Sources ====
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* Zui. “Languages of Taiwan - Paiwan (Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan).” The Language Closet, 17 Sept. 2023, thelanguagecloset.com/2020/12/19/languages-of-taiwan-paiwan-vinuculjan-pinayuanan/.
  
 
== ''Tolai'' ==
 
== ''Tolai'' ==

Revision as of 03:22, 26 January 2025

Hellos!

I'm open to working with anyone who has an interest in the languages I've listed below. I'm also interested in other Austronesian languages!

The languages that I might like to work on this semester are as follows:

  1. Paiwan: a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family native to southern Taiwan | ISO: </code>pwn</code>
  2. Tolai: an Oceanic language of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Gazelle Penninsula of Papua New Guinea | ISO: </code>ksd</code>
  3. Yami (Tao): a Malayo-Polynesian and Philippine language of the Austronesian language family native to Orchid Island off the coast of Taiwan | ISO: </code>tao</code>


Paiwan

Basic Information

Paiwan is a native language of southern Taiwan. The language has many dialects and is divided into northern, southern, eastern, and central varieties. According to the Paiwan language wiki page, there were 96,000 L1 speakers of Paiwan in 2014. These native speakers are the ethnic Paiwan, Taiwan Indigenous people, and the language was historically a second language of many people in southern Taiwan. Paiwan is also an official language of Taiwan.


Morphological Typology

Paiwan is an agglutinative language with a lot of affixes, so many that one could make a case that the language is polysynthetic (it's really not).

Available Corpora

There should be plenty of corpora available for Paiwan!

All in all, there should be no issue finding texts in Paiwan.

Sources

  • Zui. “Languages of Taiwan - Paiwan (Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan).” The Language Closet, 17 Sept. 2023, thelanguagecloset.com/2020/12/19/languages-of-taiwan-paiwan-vinuculjan-pinayuanan/.

Tolai

Morphological Typology

follows basic SVO

Basic Information

Available Corpora

Yami

Basic Information

Yami, also known as Tao, is the only Indigenous language of Taiwan that is not a Formosan language but rather a Malayo-Polynesian language, specifically a member of the Batanic languages also found in the Batanes of northern Phillippines. As such, the Yami language has many cognates with Phillippine languages. It also contains a few Japanese and Chinese loanwords.

According to the Yami language wiki page, there were about 4,000 native speakers of Yami in 2012. These native speakers are the Tao people living on Orchid Island off the coast of Taiwan. Many of them are also bilingual in Taiwanese Mandarin, and due to heavy contact with Taiwanese Mandarin, the Yami language is moribund. While much of the older generations are L1 Yami speakers, the younger generations of the Tao people are L1 Mandarin speakers and L2 Yami speakers. In daily life, more and more people use Mandarin, with Yami used predominantly during religious services and traditional ceremonies.

Yami has a normative orthography and uses the Latin script. There are three different orthographies, all based on the Latin script with minor differences. However, Yami orthography is not commonly used by the community.

Morphological Typology

Yami is an agglutinative language with a lot of affixes, and word order in Yami is variable. Yami declaratives typically follow SVO word order, though the subject is often dropped.

Available Corpora

There are several sources online with texts in Yami:

I'm sure it won't be too difficult to track down corpora in Yami.

Sources

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