Paiwan language
Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paiwan is a native language of Taiwan, spoken by the Paiwan, a Taiwanese indigenous people. Paiwan is a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family. It is also one of the national languages of Taiwan.[3]
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Paiwan | |
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Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan | |
Pronunciation | [vinutsuʎan] |
Native to | Taiwan |
Ethnicity | 96,000 Paiwan (2014)[1] |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2008)[2] |
Austronesian
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Latin script (Paiwan alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Taiwan[3] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pwn |
Glottolog | paiw1248 |
Distribution of Paiwan language (dark green, south) | |
Paiwan is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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