The Austronesians in China I

 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 Vietnam Although 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