He mea nui ngā reo taketake o Taiwan ki te reo hītori, nā te mea ko Taiwan te wāhi i takea mai ai te whānau reo Austronesian katoa. E ai ki te kairangahau reo Robert Blust, e iwa ngā reo Formosan o ngā manga matua tekau o te whānau reo Austronesian, ā, ko te manga matua kotahi e toe ana, e tata ana ki te 1,200 ngā reo Malay-Polynesian i kitea i waho o Taiwan. Ahakoa kāore ētahi atu kairangahau reo i te whakaae ki ētahi taipitopito o te tātari a Blust, kua whakakotahihia te whakaaro whānui e pā ana ki te whakatau i takea mai ngā reo Austronesian i Taiwan. Kua whakapakarihia te ariā e ngā rangahau o nā tata nei i roto i te ira tangata, e tautoko ana hoki i te āhua o te nekeneke. Pātai: E hia ngā reo Malay-Polynesian i kitea i roto i tētahi peka o te Reo Formosan?
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