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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

and Tona), each of which has its own dialect of the Rukai language. As of the year 2014, the Rukai numbered 12,699, and is the seventh-largest of the 13

p. 216: "The position of Rukai is the most controversial: Tsuchida... treats it as more closely related to Tsouic languages, based on lexicostatistic

The languages of Taiwan consist of several varieties of languages under the families of Austronesian languages and Sino-Tibetan languages. The Formosan

The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping and branch of Austronesian languages spoken by the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. They do not form a single

Rukai may refer to: Rukai people Rukai language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rukai. If an internal link led you here

Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ. Cognates include Papora loan, Thao qnuwan, Siraya luang, Rukai nwange, Ilocano nuang, Tagalog anwang or anowang, Kankanaey nuang, Isneg

Modern cognates for it in Island Southeast Asia and Micronesia include Rukai vi'a or bi'a; Ifugao bila; Ilocano, Cebuano, and Bikol biga; Tiruray bira;

various Formosan and Philippine languages. However, Ross (2009) notes that what may be the most divergent languages, Tsou, Rukai, and Puyuma, are not addressed

present, as opposed to the future tense. Nonfuture tense is found in languages such as Rukai, Greenlandic, Quechua, Yabem and Nivkh. "Nonfuture Tense". Glossary