Paiwan language

Paiwan language

language
name=Paiwan
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Formosan
iso3=pwn
states=Taiwan
region=
speakers=66,000 (est.)

Paiwan is a native language of Taiwan, spoken by the Paiwan people, one tribe of the Taiwanese aborigines. Paiwan is a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family. The number of speakers is estimated to be 66,000.


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