The Higher Phylogeny of Austronesian and the Position of Tai-Kadai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19035223 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurent Sagart (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 411-444 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oceanic Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-8115 • E-ISSN: 1527-9421 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ol.2005.0012 |
| OpenAlex | W2063013560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper presents a new higher phylogeny for the Austronesian family, based on three independent lines of evidence: the observation of a hierarchy of implications among the numerals from 5 to 10 in the languages of Formosa and in PMP; the finding that the numerals *pitu '7', *walu '8', and *Siwa '9' can be derived from longer additive expressions meaning 5+2, 5+3, and 5+4, preserved in Pazeh, using only six sound changes; and the observation that the phylogeny that can be extracted from these and other innovations—mostly changes in the basic vocabulary—evinces a coherent spatial pattern, whereby an initial Austronesian settlement in NW Taiwan expanded unidirectionally counterclockwise along the coastal plain, circling the island in a millennium or so. In the proposed phylogeny, Malayo-Polynesian is a branch of Muic, a taxon that also includes NE Formosan (Kavalan plus Ketagalan). The ancestor language, Muish, is deemed to have been spoken in or near NE Formosa. Further evidence that the Tai-Kadai languages, contrary to common sense, are a subgroup of Austronesian (specifically: a branch of Muic, coordinate with PMP and NE Formosan) is presented
Ancestor · Archaeology · Arithmetic · Austronesian languages · Biology · Geography · Hierarchy · Historical linguistics · Linguistics · Numeral system · Phylogenetics · History · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,88 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |