Formosan Languages - Sound Changes

Sound Changes

Tanan Rukai is the Formosan language with the large number of phonemes with 23 consonants and 4 vowels containing length contrast, while Kanakanabu and Saaroa have the least number of phonemes with 13 consonants and 4 vowels (Blust 2009:165).

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