"Cultural hybridization through interaction between different tribes does not imply uniform cultural characteristics," says Hu. "Where similarities do exist, it is because they all belong to the Austronesian Language Family."
「或許族群間，會有一些因為交流而產生的文化融合現象，但各族的文化特色卻各不相同」，胡家瑜說：「若要找出台灣原住民間各族的共同點，就是他們都屬於『南島語系』。」