Atayalic languages

The Atayalic languages are a group of Formosan languages spoken in northern Taiwan. Robert Blust considers them to form a primary branch within the Austronesian language family, However, Paul Jen-kuei Li groups them into the Northern Formosan branch, which includes the Northwestern Formosan languages.

Classification
Li (1981) and Li (1982) classify the Atayalic languages and dialects as follows:


 * Atayalic
 * Atayal
 * Squliq Atayal
 * Squliq
 * Maspaziʔ
 * Pyanan
 * Lmuan
 * Habun Bazinuq
 * Syanuh
 * Kulu
 * ŋŋupa
 * Haga-Paris
 * Kubaboo
 * Rghayuŋ
 * C'uli' Atayal (also known as Ts'ole' Atayal)
 * Skikun, Mnibuʔ
 * Mnawyan
 * Mayrinax (includes female and male registers)
 * Mabatuʔan
 * Matabalay
 * Sakuxan
 * Palŋawan
 * Mkgugut
 * Pyahaw
 * Ryuhiŋ
 * Mtlaŋan
 * Knŋyan
 * Seediq
 * Toŋan
 * Toda
 * Truwan
 * Inago

Reconstruction
The Proto-Atayalic language was reconstructed by Taiwanese linguist Paul Jen-kuei Li in 1981. Proto-Atayalic had final voiced stops, which are preserved in the Mayrinax dialect of Cʔuliʔ Atayal. These voiced stops include *-b, *-d, *-g, and *-g'. However, they are now lost in many dialects of Atayal, Seediq, and also Pazeh (Blust 2009:615).