Atayalic languages#Reconstruction
{{Short description|Austronesian language group of Taiwan}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Atayalic
|region=Northern Taiwan
|familycolor=Austronesian
|protoname=Proto-Atayalic
|glotto=atay1246
|glottorefname=Atayalic
|lingua=30-AA
|child1=Atayal|child2=Seediq}}
The Atayalic languages are a group of Formosan languages spoken in northern Taiwan. Robert Blust considers them to form a primary branch within the Austronesian language family, However, Paul Jen-kuei Li 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.
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- Atayalic
- Atayal
- 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
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Reconstruction
{{Infobox proto-language
| name = Proto-Atayalic
| familycolor = Austronesian
| ancestor = Proto-Austronesian
| target = Atayalic languages
}}
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).
References
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=General references=
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- {{cite book|last1=Li|first1=Paul Jen-Kuei |chapter=Reconstruction of Proto-Atayalic Phonology |title=Selected Papers on Formosan Languages|date=2004|publisher=Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica|location=Taipei|isbn=9789570184136 |language=en,zh }}
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