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W T-D@yetiinabox@todon.nl

mostly ex-professor, now doing some consulting and supporting refugees for local government. Saguaro Buddhist: empty, green, and prickly, but plenty of flowers for the bats. #ActuallyAutistic single parent. Eco-anarcho-syndicalist who blocks tankies. Unison shop steward. Born when C02 and population values had the same value. (318 ppm, 3.18 billion)

This account is mostly for research and politics. I post as a person with a family over at mossbeard@hiti.nairatmya.org . 

For folks from #Palestine - I will check #GazaVerified and then accept follow requests, but we already support families there and cannot take on more.

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W T-D@yetiinabox@todon.nl (2026-08-30 20:37:08)
The Austronesian languages are one of the most diverse and dispersed language families. Their centre of origin is Taiwan, from where they spread across Southeast Asia and the Pacific and even to Madagascar. Most of the linguistic diversity is actually within Taiwan's surviving Indigenous languages, which is why the recovery of Siraya is very much to be celebrated!

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/siraya-language-deemed-extinct-over-a-century-ago-finds-its-voice-again-in-taiwan/

It may be worth noting that the PRC does not recognise the existence of any Taiwanese Indigenous communities and routinely blocks the participation of Indigenous activists from Taiwan at UN events.

#Taiwan #Indigenous #Linguistics