Chrétien, C. Douglas. 1965. "The Statistical Structure of the Proto-Austronesian Morph," Lingua 14, 243-70. Prentice, D. J. 1974. "Yet Another PAN Phoneme," OL 13, 33-75. Wolff, John. 1974. "Proto-Austronesian *r and *d," OL 13, 77-121.
CONSONANTS:
p b t d ṭ ḍ c ɟ k ɡ q G ʔ
s h m n ñ ŋ l ḷ r
STOPS:p b t d ṭ ḍ c ɟ k ɡ q G ʔ
FRICATIVES:s h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l ḷ
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
COMMENTS:There is no concensus on the phonemes of proto-austronesian, the phonological system sketched above is a composite of several different sources.
Egerod, Søren. 1965b. "Verb Inflection in Atayal," Lingua 15, 251-82. Egerod, Søren. 1966a. "A Statement on Atayal Phonology," Artibus Asiae, Supplement 23, 120-30. Dyen, Isidore. 1971. "The Austronesian Languages of Formosa," CTIL 8, 168-99. RPTP. Egerod, Søren. 1966b. "Word Order and Word Classes in Atayal," Lg 42, 346-69.
CONSONANTS:
p t k q ʔ ts s x ɦ β ž ɣ m n ŋ l ɾ
STOPS:p t k q ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:β s ž x ɣ ɦ
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u ɛ (ǝ) ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:(ǝ) a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ i u only
STRESS:final
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 4ie 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:VSO/VOS NA NG ND NUM-N N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:2591
LANGUAGE:Sedeq
ALTERNATEN:Seediq
LOCATION:EC Taiwan
POPULATION:20,000
CLASSIFICA:Austric: Austronesian: Atayalic
OTHERSOURC:
Dyen, Isidore. 1971. "The Austronesian Languages of Formosa," CTIL 8, 168-99. Starosta, Stanley. 1974. "Causative Verbs in Formosan Languages," OL 13, 279. RPTP
CONSONANTS:
p t k q ʔ b d ɡ̌ s x ɣ m n ŋ l ɾ
STOPS:p b t d k q ʔ
AFFRICATES:ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:s x ɣ
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i ɨ u a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u
SYNTAX:VOS NG ND N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:2592
LANGUAGE:Proto-Tsouic
LOCATION:Taiwan
CLASSIFICA:Austric: Austronesian: Tsouic
OTHERSOURC:RPTP
CONSONANTS:
p t k ʔ ts č θ s h v z ž m n ñ ŋ l ɬ ɾ r
STOPS:p t k ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts č
FRICATIVES:v θ s z ž h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l ɬ
VIBRANTS:ɾ r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i ɨ u a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u
NASALVOWEL:ṽ a
NUMBER:2593
LANGUAGE:Rukai
DIALECT:Budai
LOCATION:SE Taiwan
POPULATION:6,300
CLASSIFICA:Austric: Austronesian: Tsouic
OTHERSOURC:RPTP
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ḍ ɡ ts θ s v ð m n ŋ ɬ ɾ r
STOPS:p b t d ḍ k ɡ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:v θ ð s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:ɬ
VIBRANTS:ɾ r
VOWELS:
i ɨ o a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:o
STRESS:phonemic
SYNTAX:VSO
NUMBER:2594
LANGUAGE:Rukai
DIALECT:Tona
LOCATION:SE Taiwan
POPULATION:6,300
CLASSIFICA:Austric: Austronesian: Tsouic
OTHERSOURC:RPTP
CONSONANTS:
p t k ʔ b d ḍ ɡ ts θ s v m n ŋ ɬ
STOPS:p b t d ḍ k ɡ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:v θ s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:ɬ
VOWELS:
i ɨ o a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:o
STRESS:phonemic
NUMBER:2595
LANGUAGE:Rukai
DIALECT:Mantauran
LOCATION:SE Taiwan
POPULATION:6,300
CLASSIFICA:Austric: Austronesian: Tsouic
OTHERSOURC:RPTP
CONSONANTS:
p t k ʔ ts s h v ð m n ŋ ɬ ɾ r
STOPS:p t k ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:v ð s h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:ɬ
VIBRANTS:ɾ r
VOWELS:
i ɨ o a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:o
NUMBER:2596
LANGUAGE:Rukai
DIALECT:Maga
LOCATION:SE Taiwan
POPULATION:8,000
CLASSIFICA:Austric: Austronesian: Tsouic
OTHERSOURC:
Starosta, Stanley. 1974. "Causative Verbs in Formosan Languages," OL 13, 279-369. RPTP
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ḍ ɡ ts θ s v m n ŋ l ɹ̣
STOPS:p b t d ḍ k ɡ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:v θ s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:ɹ̣
VOWELS:
i ɨ u ɛ ǝ ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ɨ ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
STRESS:phonemic
ARTICLES:def
SYNTAX:VSO NUM-N
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:2597
LANGUAGE:Rukai
DIALECT:Taromak
LOCATION:SE Taiwan
POPULATION:6,300
CLASSIFICA:Austric: Austronesian: Tsouic
GRAMMAR:Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 1973. Rukai Structure. Taipei: Institute of History and Philology, Academica Sinica.
GRAMMAR:GD: Tung, T'ung-ho, et al. 1964. A Descriptive Study of the Tsou Language, Formosa. Taipei: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.
OTHERSOURC:
Dyen, Isidore. 1971. "The Austronesian Languages of Formosa," CTIL 8, 168-99. Starosta, Stanley. 1974. "Causative Verbs in Formosan Languages," OL 13, 279-369. Stanley, Patricia. 1979. "Morphophonemics of Verb Suffixes in Tsou," PL C45, 187-98.
CONSONANTS:
p ʔb t k ʔ ts f v s z h m n ŋ ʔl
STOPS:p ʔb t k ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:f v s z h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:ʔl
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)V
STRESS:non-phonemic (usually penultimate)
DEMONSTRAT:6 (this visible/that visible/yonder visible/invisible but already seen/invisible never seen/invisible near)
Dyen, Isidore. 1971. "The Austronesian Languages of Formosa," CTIL 8, 168-99. RPTP.
CONSONANTS:
p t k ʔ ts β s (h) m n ŋ l r
STOPS:p t k ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:β s (h)
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ m n only
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i (e)
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u (ɔ)
LONGVOWELS:v̄
SYLLABLE:(C) V Nˈ
STRESS:phonemic
PRONOUNS:
1 4ie 2 5 3
SYNTAX:VSO NG ND NUM-N N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
COMMENTS:"Most speak Bunan also. No fluent speakers under 25 (1976). Older speakers are generally fluent in Japanese; younger speakers, in Mandarin. Knowledge of Taiwanese seems rather limited." RPTP, 26.
COMMENTS:"Most of the Saaroa people, except for the very old, can understand and speak Bunun fluently, but only a few Bununs understand Saaroa. Saaroa children speak Saaroa rather poorly." RPTP, 59.