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Paiwan language
Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paiwan is a native language of Taiwan, spoken in the south of Taiwan, and spoken as a first language by the ethnic 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.[2]
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Paiwan | |
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Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan | |
Pronunciation | [vinutsuʎan] |
Native to | Taiwan |
Ethnicity | Paiwan |
Native speakers | L1:96,000 (2014)[1] |
Austronesian
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Latin script (Paiwan alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
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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