Kulon-Pazeh Language (uun) - Revision history

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Also Known As: Pazeh-kahabu,Lekwhan,Pazex,Pazzehe,Shekhoan,Sek-hwan,Paz...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Pazeh-kahabu,Lekwhan,Pazex,Pazzehe,Shekhoan,Sek-hwan,Pazehe,Kulun

<b>Description:</b>

Pazeh (Pazih) is the language of the Pazeh, a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan (see Taiwanese aborigines). It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian languages language family. Kulun was a dialect. As there is only one speaker of Pazeh proper, 95-year-old Pan Jin-yu, the language is moribund.
While Pazeh contrasts voiced and voiceless obstruents, this contrast is neutralized in final position for labial and velar plosives, where only /p/ and /k/ occur respectively (/d/ is also de-voiced but a contrast is maintained). /l/ and /n/ are also neutralized to the latter. Voiceless plosives are unreleased in final position.
Mid vowels ([ɛ] and [o]) are allophones of close vowels (/i/ and /u/ respectively).
/a/ is somewhat advanced and raised when adjacent to /i/. Prevocally, high vowels are semivocalized. Most coronal consonants block this, although it still occurs after /s/. Semivowels also appear post-vocally.
The most common morpheme structure is CVCVC where C is any consonant and V is any vowel. Consonant clusters are rare and consist only of a nasal plus a homorganic obstruent or the glide element of a diphthong.
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<tr><td><h2>Location of Kulon-Pazeh Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/taiwan Taiwan]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/asia Asia]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>uun</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Austronesian Group]]

    [[Formosan Group]]

      [[Paiwanic Group]]

        <b>[[Kulon-Pazeh Language]]</b>

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