The Austronesian language, Tsat, spoken
in China today is not representative of an older stratum of Austronesian connected
to Formosan, but a later migration from insular SE Asia.
Tsat is a close relative of Roglai, a Chamic language
found in VietnamAlthough there are no
Formosan-type languages spoken in China today, it is widely
accepted that the ancestors of the Austronesian peoples crossed
from the mainland. The Hemudu site, northwest of Taiwan
is usually identified as a possible source area.
The Ta Peng Keng culture which links SE
China and Taiwan represents the
displacement of Pleistocene hunter-gatherers by incoming
rice/marine people