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Origins of the East Formosans: Basay, Kavalan, Amis, and Siraya

Paul Jen-Kuei Li

2004Arts and Humanities被引 3

摘要

Both phonological and lexical evidence is examined to show the internal relationships of four ethnic groups in Formosa: Basay, Kavalan, Amis, and Siraya. The merger of *j and *n, occurring nowhere else, defines the entire East Formosan group. Two phonological innovations, (1) merger of *j, *n, and *N as n and (2) split of *k into k and q (before *a), are exclusively shared by Basay and Kavalan. Shared innovations are also found in sporadic changes in a few lexical items in these two languages. However, linguistic evidence for a close relationship between Amis and Siraya is much weaker. This study includes a list of cognates shared by the East Formosan group.

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