Sida laga soo xigtay luuqadda yaqaan Robert Blust, luqadaha Formosan waxay ka kooban yihiin sagaal ka mid ah tobanka laamood ee ugu waaweyn ee qoyska luqadaha Austronesian, halka hal laan ugu weyn ee hartay ay ku jiraan ku dhowaad 1,200 oo luqadood oo Malay-Polynesian ah oo laga helay meel ka baxsan Taiwan. In kasta oo qaar ka mid ah luuqadaha kale aysan ku raacsaneyn faahfaahinta falanqaynta Blust, haddana waxaa jira is afgarad ballaaran oo ku saabsan gabagabada in luqadaha Austronesian ay ka yimaadeen Taiwan. Aragtida waxaa xoojiyay daraasadihii ugu dambeeyay ee hidde-wadaha dadka, oo sidoo kale taageeraya dabeecadda hooyo ee socdaalka. Su'aal: Immisa luqadood oo Malay-Polynesian ah ayaa laga helaa mid ka mid ah laamaha Luqadda Formosan?
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