The Puyuma language or Pinuyumayan, is the language of the Puyuma, an indigenous people of Taiwan. It is a divergent Formosan language of the Austronesian family. Most speakers are older adults. Puyuma is one of the more divergent of the Austronesian languages and falls outside reconstructions of Proto-Austronesian.

Dialects

The internal classification of Puyuma dialects below is from. Nanwang Puyuma is considered to be the relatively phonologically conservative but grammatically innovative, as in it preserves proto-Puyuma voiced plosives but syncretizes the use of both oblique and genitive case. Puyuma-speaking villages are:

Phonology

Puyuma has 18 consonants and 4 vowels: Note that Teng uses for and for, unlike in official version. The official orthography is used in this article.

Grammar

Morphology

Puyuma verbs have four types of focus: There are three verbal aspects: There are two modes: Affixes include:

Syntax

Puyuma has a verb-initial word order. Articles include:

Pronouns

The Puyuma personal pronouns are:

Affixes

The Puyuma affixes are: