Paiwan Language

Paiwan Language

Paiwan is a native language of Taiwan, spoken by the Paiwan people, one tribe of the Taiwanese aborigines. Paiwan is a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family. The number of speakers is estimated to be 66,000.

Read more about Paiwan Language:  Dialects, Phonology, Affixes

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