鄒語方言的差異

VARIATIONS IN THE TSOU DIALECTS

鄒族（或稱曹族）住在臺灣中南部阿里山區：一在嘉義縣吳鳳鄉的七個村子（達邦、里佳、山美、新美、茶山、樂野、來吉），一在南投縣信義鄉望美村的久美。前四村說達邦方言，後三村說特富野方言，望美村有三十多戶說久美方言。鄒族人口約三千。

Tsou is an Austronesian language spoken in the Mt. Ali 阿里山 area in southern Formosa. There are seven Tsou villages in Wufeng hsiang 吳鳳鄉, Chiayi prefecture 嘉義縣: Tapangu 達邦, Nia?ucna 里佳 (or Nibiei), Saviki 山美, Sinvi 新美, Cayamavana 茶山, Dadauya 樂野 and Punguu 來吉 (or Dadangia), and one small Tsou village in Hsin-yi hsiang 信義鄉, Nant'ou prefecture 南投縣, i.e. Mamahavana 久美. The first four villages belong to the Tapangu dialect, the following three belong to the Tfuea dialect, and the last one belongs to the Duhtu dialect.