Taiwan Austronesian language heritage connecting Pacific Island peoples: Diplomacy and values

Abstract

As we engage in the current Pacific arena of diplom acy and cultural values, the position of Taiwan as an early linguistic factor in the dispersal of its languages is important to observe. The region is increasingly us ing this linguistic heritage to seek collaboration and partnership. Since Neolithic prehistory, Taiwan has ushered in the Austronesian languages that became a bout 1,200 in number spreading across most of Island Southeast Asia and Oceania for several thousand years, extending from origins, with examples found in the Formosan languages, through the Malayo-Polynesian languages of the isla nds of Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Melanesian islands, Polynesi a, and across the Indian Ocean in Madagascar. These languages are valuable, regardless of their extent, influence, or number of speakers, as part of the ba sic richness of humanity—a farreaching interconnecting legacy of communication an d worldviews. This article explores the concept of Taiwan and Austronesia—posi tioning historical roots and contemporary languages and cultures as valuable pea ceful and sustainable development tools for island inter-connectivity acr oss the Pacific that can be used to seek collaboration and partnership due to their association with heritage.

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