| Language name: | PAIWAN |
| UPSID number: | 2434 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Austro-Tai, Paiwanic |
| This language has | 26 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.384615385 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p "t "tJ k q ? b "d "dJ d. g t.s v s. z. m "n N l.[ "r "lJ j i "@ a u |
| Comment: | Kulalao dialect. Paiwan is spoken in upland areas of Pingtung and Taitung counties in Southern Taiwan. /v/ is [w] in syllable-final position but a fricative when prevocalic. It may be bilabial rather than labio-dental. |
| Source(s): | Ferrel, R. 1982. Paiwan dictionary. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics nad Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. Ho, Dah-an, 1977 The phonological system of Butonglu: a Paiwan dialect. (Paiwanyu danlu Fangyan de yinyun xitong) BIHP 48/4: 595-618. |