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.
| Atayalic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Northern Taiwan |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Proto-language | Proto-Atayalic |
| Subdivisions | |
| Linguasphere | 30-AA |
| Glottolog | atay1246 |
Classification
Li (1981) and Li (1982) classify the Atayalic languages and dialects as follows:[1]
- Atayalic
Reconstruction
| Proto-Atayalic | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Atayalic languages |
Reconstructed ancestor | |
The Proto-Atayalic language was reconstructed by Taiwanese linguist Paul Jen-kuei Li in 1981.[1] Proto-Atayalic had final voiced stops, which are preserved in the Mayrinax dialect of Cʔuliʔ Atayal.[2] 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
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.