Complex sentence: Blust has done fieldwork on 97 Austronesian languages spoken in locations such as Sarawak, Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan--the latter encompassing Formosan languages such as Thao, Kavalan, Pazeh, Amis, Paiwan and Saisiyat.
Split into simpler sentences: Blust has done field work on 97 Austronesian languages spoken in locations such as Sarawak, Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan. In Taiwan, he has also performed field work on Formosan languages such as Thao, Kavalan, Pazeh, Amis, Paiwan and Saisiyat.