Bunun (language)

The language bunun (布農語) is spoken by the people Bunun originating in Taiwan. It is a group of dialects connected with the sub-group of the Langues formosanes.

It is divided into five dialects:

*Isbukun, the dialect dominating, mainly spoken in the south about the island.

*Takbunuaz, spoken in the center about the island

*Takivatan, spoken in the center about the island

*Takibaka, spoken in north

*Takituduh, spoken in north

This language belongs to the family of the Langues austronésiennes which gathers more than 1200 languages and spoken in a surface going about Taiwan to the New Zealand and of Hawaii and the Easter Island until Madagascar.

See too

Internal bonds

Languages austronésiennes
Languages formosanes
Austronesian Languages

External bonds

ethnologue.com: ''Bunun''

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