Paiwan language

Paiwan
Paiwan
Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan
Pronunciation	[vinutsuʎan]
Native to	Taiwan
Ethnicity	Paiwan
Native speakers	L1:96,000 (2014)
Language family	Austronesian Paiwan;
Writing system	Latin script (Paiwan alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Taiwan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pwn
Glottolog	paiw1248
	Distribution of Paiwan language (dark green, south)
	Paiwan is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
	This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Paiwan (Paiwan: Vinuculjan, [vinutsuʎan]) is a native language of southern Taiwan. It is spoken as a first language by the ethnic Paiwan, a Taiwanese indigenous people, and historically as a second language by many people in southern Taiwan. Paiwan is a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family. It is also one of the national languages of Taiwan.^[2]

^ "Amis Remains Taiwan's Biggest Aboriginal Tribe at 37.1% of Total". Focus Taiwan. CNA. February 15, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-16.
^ ^a ^b Yuánzhùmínzú yǔyán fāzhǎn fǎ 原住民族語言發展法 [Indigenous Languages Development Act] (PDF) (in Chinese) – via Lìfayuan quanqiu falu zixun wang

Paiwan
Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan
Pronunciation	[vinutsuʎan]
Native to	Taiwan
Ethnicity	Paiwan
Native speakers	L1:96,000 (2014)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Paiwan
Writing system	Latin script (Paiwan alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Taiwan^[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pwn`
Glottolog	`paiw1248`
Distribution of Paiwan language (dark green, south)
Paiwan is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.