Kinship terms in the Western Plains

Published in An exploration of kinship terminologies in the Austronesian languages of Taiwan, 2026

This chapter investigates the kinship terminologies of the Western Plains languages of Papora, Taokas, Babuza, Arikun, and Laus, primarily based on archival material collected in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Recommended citation: **Shibata, Kye**. (under review). Kinship terms in the Western Plains. Invited contribution in Elizabeth Zeitoun & Hong-sui Lim (eds.), An exploration of kinship terminologies in the Austronesian languages of Taiwan.