Languages of Taiwan

Languages: 17

Language Families: 4

Location

Languages by Family

Austronesian

(12 languages)

▼ Austronesian
- ▼ Atayalic
  - Seediq
- ▼ East Formosan
  - ▼ Central East Formosan
    - ▼ Amis
      - Northern Amis
  - ▼ Northern East Formosan
    - Kavalan
  - † Sirayaic
- ▼ Malayo-Polynesian
  - ▼ Batanic
    - ▼ Yami-Itbayat
      - Yami
- ▼ Northwest Formosan
  - Pazeh-Kahabu
  - Saisiyat
- Puyuma
- ▼ Tsouic
  - ▼ Kanakanavu-Saaroa
    - Kanakanavu
    - Saaroa
  - Tsou
- ▼ Western Plains Austronesian
  - † Thao

Japonic

(1 language)

▼ Japonic
- ▼ Japanesic
  - ▼ Japan-Taiwan Japanese
    - Vernacular Atayalic Japanese

Sign Language

(1 language)

▼ Sign Language
- ▼ L1 Sign Language
  - ▼ CSLic
    - Chinese Sign Language

Sino-Tibetan

(3 languages)

▼ Sino-Tibetan
- ▼ Sinitic
  - ▼ Classical-Middle-Modern Sinitic
    - ▼ Middle-Modern Sinitic
      - Hakka Chinese
      - ▼ Northern Chinese
        
        ▼ Mandarinic
        
        Mandarin Chinese
  - ▼ Min
    - ▼ Coastal Min
      - ▼ Southern Min-Pu-Xian
        
        ▼ Southern Min
        
        Min Nan Chinese