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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Taiwan > Paiwan

Paiwan

A language of Taiwan

ISO 639-3pwn

Population  66,100 (Council of Indigenous Peoples 2002). Ethnic population: 66,084.
Region  South, mountains southeast.
Language map  Taiwan
Alternate names   Butanglu, Kadas, Kale-Whan, Kapiangan, Katausan, Li-Li-Sha, Paiuan, Payowan, Samobi, Samohai, Saprek, Stimul, Tamari
Classification  Austronesian, Paiwan
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1973–1993.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CHAO-LIN Li, author. 2006. "On grammaticalization of motion verb in Paiwan."  Available online

CHAO-LIN Li, author. 2008. "On grammaticalization of motion verbs in Paiwan."

WU, Chunming, author. 2006. "Adverbials in Paiwan."  Available online