Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Harsunan 'yan asalin Taiwan suna da mahimmanci a cikin ilimin harshe na tarihi tunda, da alama, Taiwan ita ce asalin asalin dangin yaren Austronesian gaba ɗaya. A cewar masanin harsuna Robert Blust, yarukan Formosan sun kafa tara daga cikin manyan rassa goma na yarukan Austronesian, yayin da sauran reshen da ya rage ya ƙunshi kusan yarukan Malayo-Polynesian 1,200 da aka samo a wajen Taiwan. Kodayake wasu masana harsuna 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. An ƙarfafa ka'idar ta hanyar binciken da aka yi kwanan nan a cikin kwayoyin halittar ɗan adam, yana kuma tallafawa yanayin matrilineal na ƙaura.  Tambaya: Da yawa harsunan Malayo-Polynesian da aka samo a cikin reshe ɗaya na Harshe na Formosan?
1,200 Ƙarshen shekara