Editing Austronesian languages (section)

==== Li (2008) ====
[[File:Formosan languages 2005.png|thumb|upright=1.15|Families of Formosan languages before Minnanese colonization, per {{harvp|Li|2008}}. The three languages in green (Bunun, Puyuma, Paiwan) may form a Southern Formosan branch, but this is uncertain.]]
This classification retains Blust's East Formosan, and unites the other northern languages. {{harvp|Li|2008}} proposes a Proto-Formosan (F0) ancestor and equates it with [[Proto-Austronesian]] (PAN), following the model in Starosta (1995).<ref name="Starosta">{{cite book|last=Starosta|first=S|date=1995|chapter=A grammatical subgrouping of Formosan languages|editor1-link=Li Jen-kuei|editor1=P. Li|editor2=Cheng-hwa Tsang|editor3=Ying-kuei Huang|editor4-link=Dah-an Ho|editor4=Dah-an Ho|editor5=Chiu-yu Tseng|name-list-style=amp|title=Austronesian Studies Relating to Taiwan|pages=683–726|publication-place=Taipei|publisher=Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica}}</ref> Rukai and Tsouic are seen as highly divergent, although the position of Rukai is highly controversial.<ref>{{harvp|Li|2008|p=216}}: "The position of Rukai is the most controversial: Tsuchida... treats it as more closely related to Tsouic languages, based on lexicostatistic evidence, while Ho... believes it to be one of the Paiwanic languages, i.e. part of my Southern group, as based on a comparison of fourteen grammatical features. In fact, Japanese anthropologists did not distinguish between Rukai, Paiwan and Puyuma in the early stage of their studies"</ref>
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*'''Formosan'''
** F0: '''Proto-Formosan''' = '''Proto-Austronesian'''
*** {{legend|#FEA4A4|'''[[Rukai language|Rukai]]'''}}
**** Mantauran
**** Maga–Tona, Budai–Labuan–Taromak
** F1: ''(unnamed branch)''
*** {{legend|#FFF9A5|'''Central ([[Tsouic languages|Tsouic]])'''}}
**** [[Tsou language|Tsou]]
**** Southern Tsouic
***** [[Saaroa language|Saaroa]]
***** [[Kanakanavu language|Kanakanavu]]
** F2: ''(unnamed branch)''
*** {{legend|#FECCA0|'''[[Northern Formosan languages|Northern Formosan]]'''}}
**** Northwestern (Plains)
***** [[Saisiyat language|Saisiyat]]–[[Kulon language|Kulon]], [[Pazeh language|Pazeh]]
***** Western
****** [[Thao language|Thao]]
****** West Coast ([[Papora language|Papora]]–[[Hoanya language|Hoanya]]–[[Babuza language|Babuza]]–Taokas)
**** [[Atayalic languages|Atayalic]]
***** [[Atayal language|Squliq Atayal]]
***** [[Atayal language|Ts'ole' Atayal]] (= C'uli')
***** [[Seediq language|Seediq]]
*** {{legend|#CBA6CB|'''[[East Formosan languages|East Formosan]]'''}}
**** [[Kavalan language|Kavalan]]–[[Basay language|Basay]]
**** [[Siraya language|Siraya]]–[[Amis language|Amis]]–[[Nataoran language|Nataoran]]
**** [[Sakizaya language|Sakizaya]]
*** ? '''Southern''' [uncertain]
**** {{legend|#B7DF86|[[Bunun language|Bunun]]}}
***** Isbukun
***** Northern and Central (Takitudu and Takbanuaz)
**** {{legend|#9FD8B3|[[Paiwan language|Paiwan]]–[[Puyuma language|Puyuma]] [uncertain]}}
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