Distributions
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The Formosan languages, per Blust (1999)
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The Formosan languages, per Li (2008)
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The Formosan languages, per the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (Greenhill, Blust & Gray 2008).
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The Formosan languages, per Ross (2009)
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Li (2001) lists the geographical homelands for the following Formosan languages.
- Tsou: southwestern parts of central Taiwan; Yushan (oral traditions)
- Saisiyat and Kulon: somewhere between Tatu River and Tachia River not far from the coast
- Thao: Choshui River
- Qauqaut: mid-stream of Takiri River (Liwuhsi in Chinese)
- Siraya: Chianan Plains
- Makatau: Pingtung
- Bunun: Hsinyi (信義鄉) in Nantou County
- Paiwan: Ailiao River, near the foot of the mountains