FORMOSAN LANGUAGES

Meaning of FORMOSAN LANGUAGES in English

aboriginal languages of Formosa (Taiwan). They are now chiefly spoken only in small communities in remote areas. The Formosan languages belong to the Austronesian family. They are diverse and fall into three major branches: Atayalic, Tsonic, and Paiwanic. The last is the largest and includes Ami, Bunun, Paiwan, and Saaroa.

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FORMOSAN — adjective or noun see: Formosa
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FORMOSAN — I. -s ə n, -z ə n adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Formosa + English -an 1. : of or …
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FORMOSAN — adj. of or pertaining to Taiwan; of or characteristic of the residents or language of Taiwan
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FORMOSAN — n. Austronesian languages spoken in Formosa (Taiwan)
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FORMOSAN — see Formosa
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LANGUAGES — Языки languages: proficiency in ~ знание языков languages: proficiency in ~ знание языков
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FORMOSAN — Formosan
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FORMOSAN — Formosan
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LANGUAGES — Речи
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LANGUAGES — - conditional languages
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LANGUAGES — Языки languages: proficiency in ~ знание языков languages: proficiency in ~ знание языков
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FORMOSAN — Formosan
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FORMOSAN — Formosan
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FORMOSAN TERMITE — noun Etymology: Formosa (Taiwan) Date: 1968 a large termite ( Coptotermes formosanus of the family Rhinotermitidae) native to Taiwan and …
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FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE — noun see: Formosan termite
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FORMOSAN PHEASANT — noun Usage: usually capitalized F : a rather light-colored pheasant native to Formosa that is probably a variety of the …
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FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE — see Formosan termite
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FORMOSAN TERMITE — noun Etymology: Formosa (Taiwan) Date: 1968 : a large termite ( Coptotermes formosanus of the family Rhinotermitidae) native to Taiwan …
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LANGUAGES, CLASSIFICATION OF — placement of languages into families or phyla on the basis of lexical or typological similarity or shared ancestry. Languages may …
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URALIC LANGUAGES — family of more than 20 related languages, all descended from a Proto-Uralic language that existed 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. …
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TAI LANGUAGES — closely related family of languages, of which the Thai (Siamese) language of Thailand is the most important member. Because the …
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SOUTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES — group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America …
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SLAVIC LANGUAGES — Distribution of the Slavic languages in Europe. also called Slavonic languages group of Indo-European languages spoken in most of eastern …
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ROMANCE LANGUAGES — Figure 2: Distribution of Romance languages in Europe. group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times …
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NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES — those languages that are indigenous to the United States and subarctic Canada and that are spoken north of the Mexican …
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NIGER-CONGO LANGUAGES — Distribution of the Niger-Congo languages. a family of languages of Africa, which in terms of the number of languages spoken, …
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KHOISAN LANGUAGES
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ITALIC LANGUAGES — Figure 1: Supposed language areas of the Italic and neighbouring languages about 250 BC. certain Indo-European languages that were once …
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IRANIAN LANGUAGES — subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. The subgroup's languages are spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and …
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INDO-ARYAN LANGUAGES — also called Indic languages subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, …
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GERMANIC LANGUAGES
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DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES — family of 23 languages spoken in South Asia. The major languages are Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gondi, Kurukh, and Tulu. …
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CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES — Distribution of the Caucasian languages also called Paleo-Caucasian, or Ibero-Caucasian, group of languages indigenous to Transcaucasia and adjacent areas of …
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AUSTROASIATIC LANGUAGES — Distribution of the Austroasiatic languages. also spelled Austro-Asiatic, stock of some 150 languages spoken by more than 65 million people …
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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES — group of approximately 260 interrelated languages whose speakers once occupied the entire Australian continent as well as the western islands …
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ANATOLIAN LANGUAGES — extinct Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages spoken in Anatolia from sometime in the 3rd millenium BC until the early centuries of …
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AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES — languages spoken by the original inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere and their modern descendants. The American Indian languages do not …
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AFRO-ASIATIC LANGUAGES — also called Afrasian languages, formerly called Hamito-Semitic, Semito-Hamitic, or Erythraean languages, family of genetically related languages that developed from a …
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LANGUAGE — I System of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other. …
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PASANIA — pəˈsānēə noun or pa·sin·ia -sin- ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Pasania, genus of oaks, from Sundanese pasang oak : …
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FORMOSA — fȯ(r)ˈmōsə, -zə adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Formosa, island in the China Sea : of or from the island …
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CEPHARANTHINE — ˌsefəˈranˌthīn, -_thə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: cepharanth- (from New Latin cepharantha, specific epithet of Stephania cepharantha ) + -ine …
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SWEET GUM — any of about four species of the genus Liquidambar, a genus of trees in the witch hazel family (Hamamelidaceae) native …
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FALSE CYPRESS — ( (Chamaecyparis species), ) also called White Cedar, any of six species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers constituting the …
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STEPHEN VI (OR VII) — born , Rome died , July/August 897, Rome pope from May 896 to August 897. The era in which he …
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LANGUAGE AND CULTURE — Language and culture It has been seen that language is much more than the external expression and communication of internal …
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GABELENTZ, HANS CONON VON DER — born Oct. 13, 1807, Altenburg, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg died Sept. 3, 1874, Lemnitz, Ger. German linguist, ethnologist, and government official who conducted …
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AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES — formerly called Malayo-polynesian, family of languages spoken in most of the Indonesian Archipelago; all of the Philippines, Madagascar, and the …
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YUHINA BRUNNEICEPS — Formosan yuhina
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UROCISSA CAERULEA — Formosan magpie
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OTUS SPILOCEPHALUS HAMBROECKI — Formosan scops-owl
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MYIOPHONUS INSULARIS — Formosan whistling-thrush
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MEGALAIMA OORTI NUCHALIS — Formosan barbet
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ENICURUS SCOULERI FORTIS — Formosan forktail
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CETTIA ACANTHIZOIDES CONCOLOR — Formosan bush-warbler
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ACTINODURA MORRISONIANA — Formosan barwing
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