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Rukai language

Rukai is a Formosan language spoken by the Rukai people in Taiwan. It is a member of the Austronesian language family. The Rukai language comprises six dialects, which are Budai, Labuan, Maga, Mantauran, Tanan and Tona. The number of speakers of the six Rukai dialects is estimated to be about 10,000. Some of them are monolingual. There are varying degrees of mutual intelligibility among the Rukai dialects. Rukai is notable for its distinct grammatical voice system among the Formosan languages. Classification Paul Jen-kuei Li considers Rukai to be the first language to have split from the Proto-Austronesian language. Below are the estimated divergence dates of various Formosan languages from Li (2008:215). Proto-Austronesian: 4,500 BCE Rukai: 3,000 BCE Tsouic: 2,500 BCE (split into Tsou and Southern Tsouic around 1,000 BCE) Most other splits: 2,000 to 0 BCE Western Plains: 1,000 CE...

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