The Atayalic languages are a group of

Formosan languages The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not form a single subfamily of Austronesian but rather nine separate subfamilies. The Taiwa ...

spoken in northern

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considers them to form a primary branch within the Austronesian language family, However,

Paul Jen-kuei Li Paul Li, or Li Jen-kuei (; born 20 September 1936), is a research fellow at the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. Li is a leading specialist on Formosan languages and has published dictionaries on the Pazeh and Kavalan ...

groups them into the Northern Formosan branch, which includes the Northwestern Formosan languages.

Classification

Li (1981) and Li (1982) classify the Atayalic languages and dialects as follows:Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 1981. "Reconstruction of Proto-Atayalic Phonology." In Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 2004. Selected Papers on Formosan Languages. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. *''Atayalic'' **

Atayal Atayal may refer to: * Atayal people * Atayal language The Atayal language is spoken by the Atayal people of Taiwan. Squliq and C’uli’ (Ts’ole’) are two major dialects. Mayrinax and Pa’kuali’, two subdialects of C’uli’, are uniqu ...

***Squliq Atayal ****Squliq ****Maspaziʔ ****Pyanan ****Lmuan ****Habun Bazinuq ****Syanuh ****Kulu ****ŋŋupa ****Haga-Paris ****Kubaboo ****Rghayuŋ ***C'uli' Atayal (also known as Ts'ole' Atayal) ****Skikun, Mnibuʔ ****Mnawyan ****Mayrinax (includes female and male registers) ****Mabatuʔan ****Matabalay ****Sakuxan ****Palŋawan ****Mkgugut ****Pyahaw ****Ryuhiŋ ****Mtlaŋan ****Knŋyan ** Seediq ***Toŋan ***Toda ***Truwan ***Inago

Reconstruction

The Proto-Atayalic language was reconstructed by Taiwanese linguist Paul Jen-kuei Li in 1981. Proto-Atayalic had final voiced stops, which are preserved in the Mayrinax dialect of Cʔuliʔ Atayal.Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 1982. "Atayalic Final Voiced Stops." In Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 2004. Selected Papers on Formosan Languages. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. 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).

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General references

* Languages of Taiwan {{Formosan-lang-stub