英文摘要 |
Rukai belongs to the Paiwanic group among the Formosan languages of the Austronesian family. The language includes five dialects geographically distributed in three different areas: (1) the Tanan 大南 dialect situated in Pinan, Taitung hsien, to the east, (2) the Budai 霧台 dialect in Budai, Pintung hsien, to the south, and (3) the three dialects-Maga 馬加, Tona 多納 and Mantauran 萬山一 of the so-called ''Lower Three Villages'' (LTV) 下三社located in Maolin, Kaohsiong hsien, to the north. |