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4-564: The Northern Formosan subgroup was first proposed by Paul Jen-kuei Li in 1985. Blust (1999) rejects the unity of the proposed Northern Formosan branch. A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database, however, supports the unity of the Northern Formosan branch with a 97% confidence level (see Austronesian languages#Classification ). The following sound changes from Proto-Austronesian occurred in

8-490: Is as follows. Pazih Saisiyat Kulon Thao Hoanya Papora Babuza Taokas The four coastal languages of Taokas , Babuza , Papora , and Hoanya share the following innovations (Li 2003). Thao shares the following innovations with the four coastal languages (Li 2003). Pazih has undergone the following two sound changes. Li (2003) does not consider Pazih to be very closely related to Saisiyat (Li 2003:946). However, Shibata (2022) argues that

12-554: The "Western Plains" languages in fact form a convergence area or linguistic area rather than a true subgroup. Paul Jen-kuei Li Paul Li , or Li Jen-kuei ( Chinese : 李壬癸 ; pinyin : Lǐ Rénguǐ ; born 20 September 1936), is a Taiwanese linguist. Li 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

16-590: The Northern Formosan languages (Li 2008:215). Also, Pazeh , Saisiyat , and Thao are only Formosan languages that allow for SVO constructions, although this may be due to intensive contact with Taiwanese . Also, the Atayal, Seediq, and Pazeh languages have devoiced final consonants that were present in the Proto-Austronesian (Blust 2009:616). Li (2003, 2008) concludes the six western Plains languages split off from Proto-Northwestern Formosan. The classification

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