Bunun

Also known as Bunun language, bnn

Formosan language spoken by the Bunun people of Taiwan

Key facts

Native to: Taiwan
Ethnicity: Bunun people
Native speakers: 38,000 (2002)
Language family: Austronesian Bunun
Dialects: Isbukun Takituduh Takibaka Takbanuaz Takivatan Takipulan †
Writing system: Latin ( Bunun alphabet )
Recognised minority language in: Taiwan
Iso 639 3: bnn
Glottolog: bunu1267

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Wikimedia language code: bnn
native label: Bunun
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BNN
P10369: Ilana Verdansky
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 38000

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The Bunun language (Chinese: 布農語) is spoken by the Bunun people of Taiwan. It is one of the Formosan languages, a geographic group of Austronesian languages, and is subdivided in five dialects: Isbukun, Takbunuaz, Takivatan, Takibaka and Takituduh. Isbukun, the dominant dialect, is mainly spoken in the south of Taiwan. Takbunuaz and Takivatan are mainly spoken in the center of the country. Takibaka and Takituduh both are northern dialects. A sixth dialect, Takipulan, became extinct in the 1970s.

The Saaroa and Kanakanavu, two smaller minority groups who share their territory with an Isbukun Bunun group, have also adopted Bunun as their vernacular.