Taiwan問題234 · Natural environment and Indigenous peoples
To which language family in the world do the indigenous languages, which are among Taiwan's national languages, belong?
In the exam (Chinese)
國家語言之一的原住民族語是屬於世界上的哪一個語系？
- aThe Sino-Tibetan family.漢藏語系。
- bThe Austronesian family.南島語系。Correct answer
- cThe Indo-European family.印歐語系。
Why?
Taiwan's indigenous languages belong to the Austronesian family and are related to languages of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other places. Under the National Languages Development Act, indigenous languages are among the national languages.
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