TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1012-4195
T1  - A Comparative Study of Bunun Dialects
AU  - Paul Jen-kuei Li
Y1  - 1988/06/01
PY  - 1988
DA  - 1988/06/01
T2  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JF  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JO  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JA  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
VL  - 59
IS  - 2
SP  - 479
EP  - 508
Y2  - 1988/06/01
N2  - This is a comparative study and classification of the five main dialects in Bunun, based on field data (some 1,100 lexical items) collected in eleven villages.  Sixteen consonants and three vowels are reconstructed for Proto-Bunun, and Bunun developments from Proto-Austronesian to modern dialects via Proto-Bunun are traced.  Both phonological and lexical evidence is presented to prove that the southern dialect, Ishbukun, split the earliest from Proto-Bunun.  Ishbukun is the most innovative of the five dialects, whereas the two northern dialects are the most conservative. A list of dialects, villages and informants is given in the appendix.
ER  -