Langenesis

Austronesian family

Amis

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Amis (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Austronesian language. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Amis.

See Amis on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
ami
Glottocode
amis1246

East Formosan; the most widely spoken indigenous language of Taiwan, on the east coast. Formosan languages form several primary branches of Austronesian; no Formosan subgroup is assumed. Start date is nominal (no pre-colonial written record).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Amisc. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Austronesian.

Sources