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Table 1 Information on the 35 population samples genotyped in the present study

From: Taiwan Y-chromosomal DNA variation and its relationship with Island Southeast Asia

Sample number1

Country

Ethnicity

ISO639-3 (or local) abbreviation2

Linguistic family

Language branch

Population

Province/City/Region

County

Sample size

1

China (Han)

Fujian

nan

Sino-Tibetan

Hokien (Minnan)

34.880,000

Southeast Coast

Fujian

55

2

Taiwan (Han)

Miscellaneous Han (including undefined Minnan/Hakka)

ad

Sino-Tibetan

Hokien (Minnan)

14,000,000

Taiwan

Taipei

258

3

Minnan

nan

Sino-Tibetan

Hokien (Minnan)

14,000,000

Taiwan

Taipei

60

4

Hakka

hak

Sino-Tibetan

Hakka

2,370,000

Taiwan

Xinzhu

34

5

Taiwan Plain tribes/Pingpu

Kulon-Pazeh

uun

Sino-Tibetan

Hokien (Minnan)

300

Taiwan West Coast

Puli

40

6

Yunlin*

fos

Sino-Tibetan

Hokien (Minnan)

10,000

Taiwan West Coast

Yunlin

21

7

Papora*

ppu

Sino-Tibetan

Hokien (Minnan)

-

Taiwan West Coast

Gomach

18

8

Ketagalan

kae

Austronesian

extinct Paiwanic

1,000

Northeast Taiwan

Yilan

30

9

Siraya

fos

Austronesian

Taivoa and Makatao

10,000

Southwest Taiwan

Southwest Taiwan

261

10

Taiwan (Mountain tribes Aborigines)

Atayal

tay

Austronesian

Atayalic

80,061

Moutain tribes

Wulai

52

11

Truku (Taroko)

trv

Austronesian

Atayalic

25,800

Moutain tribes

Hualien

20

12

Saisiyat

xsy

Austronesian

Northwest Formosan

5,900

Moutain tribes

Wofeng

24

13

Thao

ssf

Austronesian

Paiwanic

693

Moutain tribes

Nantou

16

14

Tsou

tsu

Austronesian

Tsouic

6,733

Moutain tribes

Jiaye

41

15

Bunun

bnn

Austronesian

Bunun

51,447

Moutain tribes

Nantou

56

16

Rukai

dru

Austronesian

Rukai

11,911

Moutain tribes

Kaohsiung

29

17

Paiwan

pwn

Austronesian

Paiwanic

88,323

Moutain tribes

Taitung

25

18

Puyuma

pyu

Austronesian

Paiwanic

11,850

Moutain tribes

Taitung

23

19

Amis

ami

Austronesian

East Formosan

183,799

East Coast

Hualien

39

20

Yami

tao

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

3,748

Southeast island

Tao/LanYu

30

21

Philippines

Batan

ivb

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

1,350

Philippines

Philippines

24

22

 

Luzon

lz

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

47,000,000

Philippines

Philippines

61

  

Luzon unknown

      

3

23

 

Mindanao

mind

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

16,000,000

Philippines

Philippines

8

24

 

Visayas

vis

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

6,398,628

Philippines

Philippines

31

  

Philippines unknown

      

19

25

Indonesia

Borneo (Kalimantan)

bor

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

11,331,558

Borneo

Indonesia

22

 

Borneo unknown

      

3

26

Sulawesi

sul

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

14,111,444

Sulawesi

Indonesia

17

27

Sumatra (South)

sum

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

43,309,707

Sumatra

Indonesia

18

 

Sumatra unknown

      

8

28

Java (Central, East or West)

jav

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

75,200,000

Java

Indonesia

131

 

Javanese unknown

      

10

29

Timor

tim

Austronesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

3,800,000

Timor

Indonesia

4

30

Maluku (Ambon)

mal

Austronesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

2,549,454

Maluku

Indonesia

18

 

Nusa Tengarra

      

1

 

Indonesian unknown

      

14

31

Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia

zsm/meo

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

2,600,000

North Perak

Taiping

8

32

Thailand

Akha

ahk

Sino-Tibetan

Akha

56,600

Changmai

Changmai

27

33

Thailand

tha

Tai-Kadai (Daic)

Tai

20,200,000

Bangkok

Bangkok

75

34

Myanmar

Union of Myanmar

mian

Sino-Tibetan

Burmic

28,877,000

Northeast Burma

Yonggong

2

35

Vietnam

Vietnam

vie

Austro-Asiatic

Mon-Khmer

65,800,000

Hanoi

Hanoi

24

Total

        

1660

  1. 1Sample numbers as in Figure 1.
  2. 2Detailed information and ISO639-3 codes can be searched online version of “Ethnologue” by: Lewis, M. Paul [35]: http://www.ethnologue.com/.
  3. *Not clearly defined as plain tribes.