Country
Languages of Taiwan
The Linguasphere Register records 7 entries for Taiwan, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
7Register entries
4Sectors present
5Zones
0Language entries
3= AUSTRONESIAN 4= EURASIA 7= SINO-INDIAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Taiwan
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
30-H | RUKAI | Set | FORMOSAN-CENTRAL-SOUTH. |
30-I | BUNUN + BUKUN | Set | FORMOSAN-CENTRAL-EAST. |
30= | TAIWANIC | Zone | Covers the "Formosan" grouping, part of the "Austronesian" intercontinental affinity. |
31= | FILIPINIC | Zone | |
45= | EAST-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "East-Asia" reference area, composed of sets not covered in any phylozone, part of the "wider Altaic … |
79= | SINITIC | Zone | Covers the "Chinese" or Han-Yu set, part of the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") continental affinity. |
99= | BANTUIC | Zone | Covers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.