Kalli nassin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda nassin yake: Passage: Harsunan 'yan asalin Taiwan suna da mahimmanci a cikin ilimin harshe na tarihi tunda, da alama, Taiwan ita ce asalin asalin duk dangin yaren Austronesian. A cewar masanin ilimin harshe Robert Blust, yarukan Formosan sun zama tara daga cikin manyan rassa goma na dangin yaren Austronesian, yayin da ɗayan reshen reshen ya ƙunshi kusan yarukan Malayo-Polynesian 1,200 da aka samo a wajen Taiwan. Kodayake wasu masana harshe ba su yarda da wasu bayanan binciken Blust ba, babban yarjejeniya ya haɗu a kusa da ƙarshen cewa yarukan Austronesian sun samo asali ne daga Taiwan. Ka'idar ta ƙarfafa ta ne ta hanyar binciken da aka yi kwanan nan a cikin ilimin halittar ɗan adam, wanda kuma ke tallafawa yanayin ƙaura. Tambaya: Yaya yawancin yaren Malayo-Polynesian da aka samo a cikin ɗayan reshe na harshen Formosan?
1,200 Ƙarshen shekara