Book Review: Pazih Dictionary

Very few significant dictionaries have ever been published on the Formosan languages, although some are in the works (e.g., Ho and Rau 2000, Zeitoun in preparation, Li and Tsuchida in preparation) or are already in press (e.g., Blust to appear). Until recently, only five major dictionaries were available: Pecoraro (1979) on Taroko Seediq, Egerod (1980) on Squliq Atayal (re-edited and published in 1999), Ferrell (1982) on Paiwan, Fey (1986) on Amis, Cauquelin (1991) on Nanwang Puyuma. The recent publication of the “Pazih2 Dictionary” (henceforth PD), jointly compiled by Paul Jen-kuei Li and Shigeru Tsuchida and edited in both Chinese and English, represents a welcome contribution to the field of Formosan linguistics.