A Comparative Study of Bunun Dialects

A Comparative Study of Bunun Dialects

本文的主旨是布農方言的比較研究。布農有五個方言群：第一、Takitudu，第二、Takibakha，第三、Takbanuað，第四、Takivatan，第五、Ishbukun。對於第一個方言群作者做了三個調查點，其他方言群各做了兩個調查點，總共做了十一個方言調查點，蒐集了約一千一百個詞彙作為比較研究的基本材料。（請參見附錄中所列舉各調查點的方言群、土著名稱、地理位置及發音人。）若根據日本學者淺井惠倫（小川，淺井1935: 585）的分類，第一、二方言群應屬於北部方言（舊稱カンタバン蕃、卓社蕃、卡社蕃），第三、四方言群屬於中部方言（舊稱丹蕃、巒蕃），第五方言群屬於南部方言（舊稱郡蕃）。全文共分四節：一、前言，二、古布農語的擬測，三、從古南島語到古布農語到現代方言，四、布農方言的分類。

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 Prato-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.