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Proto-Austronesian language

Proto-Austronesian (commonly abbreviated as PAN or PAn) is a proto-language. It is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian languages, one of the world's major language families. Proto-Austronesian is assumed to have begun to diversify c. 3,500–4,000 BCE on Taiwan.[1]

Proto-Austronesian
PAN
Reconstruction ofAustronesian languages
RegionTaiwan
Lower-order reconstructions

Lower-level reconstructions have also been made, and include Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian. Recently, linguists such as Malcolm Ross and Andrew Pawley have built large lexicons for Proto-Oceanic and Proto-Polynesian.

Phonology

Proto-Austronesian is reconstructed by constructing sets of correspondences among consonants in the various Austronesian languages, according to the comparative method. Although in theory the result should be unambiguous, in practice given the large number of languages there are numerous disagreements, with various scholars differing significantly on the number and nature of the phonemes in Proto-Austronesian. In the past, some disagreements concerned whether certain correspondence sets were real or represent sporadic developments in particular languages. For the currently remaining disagreements, however, scholars generally accept the validity of the correspondence sets but disagree on the extent to which the distinctions in these sets can be projected back to proto-Austronesian or represent innovations in particular sets of daughter languages.

Blust's reconstruction

Below are Proto-Austronesian phonemes reconstructed by Robert Blust, a professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.[2] A total of 25 Proto-Austronesian consonants, 4 vowels, and 4 diphthongs were reconstructed. However, Blust acknowledges that some of the reconstructed consonants are still controversial and debated.

The symbols below are frequently used in reconstructed Proto-Austronesian words.

Proto-Austronesian Consonants (Blust, 2009)
Labial Alveolar Palatal Retroflex Velar Uvular Glottal
Unvoiced stop p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ q /q/
Voiced stop b /b/ d /d/ D /ɖ/ g /ɡ/; j /ɡʲ/
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ñ /ɲ/ ŋ /ŋ/
Fricative S /s/ s /ʃ/ h /h/
Affricate C /t͡s/ c /t͡ʃ/, z /d͡ʒ/
Lateral l /l/ N /ʎ/
Tap or trill r /ɾ/; R /r/ or /ʀ/
Approximant w /w/ y /j/

*D only appears in final position, *z/*c/*ñ only in initial and medial position, while *j is restricted to medial and final position.

The Proto-Austronesian vowels are a, i, u, and ə.

Proto-Austronesian Vowels (Blust, 2009)
Height Front Central Back
Close i /i/ u /u/
Mid ə /ə/
Open a /a/

The diphthongs, which are diachronic sources of individual vowels, are:

  • *-ay
  • *-aw
  • *-uy
  • *-iw

Wolff's reconstruction

In 2010, John Wolff published his Proto-Austronesian reconstruction in Proto-Austronesian phonology with glossary. Wolff reconstructs a total of 19 consonants, 4 vowels (*i, *u, *a, *e, where *e = /ə/), 4 diphthongs (*ay, *aw, *iw, *uy), and syllabic stress.

Proto-Austronesian Consonants (Wolff)
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Unvoiced stop p /p/ t /t/ c /c/ k /k/ q /q/
Voiced stop/fricative b /b/ d /d/ j /ɟ/ g /ɡ/ ɣ /ʁ/
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Voiceless fricative s /s/ h /h/
Lateral l /l/ ɬ /ʎ/[3]
Approximant w /w/ y /j/

The following table shows how Wolff's Proto-Austronesian phonemic system differs from Blust's system.

Wolff's and Blust's PAn phonemes
Blust *p *t *C *c *k *q *b *‑D *d‑ *‑d‑ *‑d *z‑ *‑z‑ *‑j- *‑j *g‑ *‑g- *‑g *R *m *n *N *l *r *s *S *h *w *y
Wolff *p *t rejected *k *q *b *‑d *d‑ *‑d‑ *‑j *j‑ *‑j‑ *g rejected *m *n *l rejected *c *s *h *w *y

Historical overview of reconstructions for Proto-Austronesian

According to Malcolm Ross,[4] the following aspects of Blust's system are uncontroversial: the labials (p b m w); the velars k ŋ; y; R; the vowels; and the above four diphthongs. There is some disagreement about the postvelars (q ʔ h) and the velars g j, and about whether there are any more diphthongs; however, in these respects, Ross and Blust are in agreement. The major disagreement concerns the system of coronal consonants. The following discussion is based on Ross (1992).[4]

Otto Dempwolff's reconstruction of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian from the 1930s included:

  • Dental t d n l
  • Retroflex ṭ ḍ ḷ
  • Palatal t' d' n'
  • Palatal k' g'

Dyen (1963), including data from the Formosan languages, expanded Dempwolff's set of coronal consonants:

  • t split into t and C
  • n split into n and L/N
  • d' split and renotated as z and Z
  • t' split into s1 and s2
  • ḷ ṭ ḍ n' k' g' h renotated as r T D ñ c j q

Tsuchida (1976), building on Dyen's system:

  • Further split d into D1 D2 D3 D4. He also believed that Dyen's c (Dempwolff's k') could not be reconstructed for Proto-Austronesian (he also split Dyen's w into w W and q into q Q, which were not accepted by later scholars.)

Dahl reduced Tsuchida's consonants into:

  • D1 D2 D3 D4 into d3 d2 d1 d3 (with the new d3 reflecting the combination of the old D1 and D4) and combined Dyen's S X x into a single phoneme S. He did accept Dyen's c but did not accept his T D. (He also renotated a number of phonemes in ways that were not generally accepted by later scholars.)

Blust based his system on a combination of Dyen, Tsuchida and Dahl, and attempted to reduce the total number of phonemes. He accepted Dahl's reduction of Dyen's S X x into S but did not accept either Tsuchida's or Dahl's split of Dyen's d; in addition, he reduced Dyen's s1 s2 to a single phoneme s. While accepting Dyen's c, he was hesitant about T and D (more recently, Blust appears to have accepted D but rejected T, and also rejected Z).

Ross likewise attempted to reduce the number of phonemes, but in a different way:

  • He accepts Dahl's d1 d2 d3 and also Z (eventually rejected by Blust). He notes that the distinction between d1 and d2 d3 is only reconstructable for the Formosan language groups Amis, Proto-Puyuma and Proto-Paiwan, and only Proto-Paiwan has a three-way distinction among d1 d2 d3; contrarily the distinction between Z and d1 is reconstructable only for Proto-Rukai and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, but not any of the previous three groups. However, he still believes (contra Blust) that the distinction among these phonemes is an inheritance from Proto-Austronesian rather than an innovation in the respective groups.
  • He notes that d1 occurs only morpheme-initially, while r occurs only morpheme-non-initially, and as a result combines the two.
  • He does not accept the phonemes c z ñ in Proto-Austronesian, and asserts that none of them are "readily reconstructable" outside of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Furthermore, while he believes that ñ was a general innovation in Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, c and z "are reflected differently from PMP [Proto-Malayo-Polynesian] *s and *d only in a fairly limited area of western Indo-Malaysia and appear to be the results of local developments".
  • He also reconstructs the coronals somewhat differently. He believes that C S l d3 were all retroflex (respectively, /tʂ/; /ʂ/ or /ʃ/; /ɭ/ or /ɽ/; /ɖ/), and s and L (Blust's N) were dental /s/ and /l/, as opposed to Blust's reconstruction as dental and palatal, respectively. According to Ross, this is based on their outcomes in the Formosan languages and Javanese; although their outcomes as dental/palatal is geographically more distributed, it occurs only in Malayo-Polynesian, which represent a single clade with respect to the Formosan languages.

Sound changes

As Proto-Austronesian transitioned to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian, the phonemic inventories were continually reduced by merging formerly distinct sounds into one sound. Three mergers were observed in the Proto-Austronesian to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian transition, while nine were observed for the Proto-Oceanic to Proto-Polynesian transition. Thus, Proto-Austronesian has the most elaborate sound system, while Proto-Polynesian has the fewest phonemes. For instance, the Hawaiian language is famous for having only eight consonants, while Māori has only ten consonants. This is a sharp reduction from the 19–25 consonants of the Proto-Austronesian language that was originally spoken on Taiwan or Kinmen.

Blust also observed the following mergers and sound changes between Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.[2]

Proto-Austronesian and
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Sound Changes
Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*C/t *t
*N/n *n
*S/h *h
*eS[5] *ah

However, according to Wolff (2010:241), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian's development from Proto-Austronesian only included the following three sound changes.

  • PAn *ɬ > PMP *ñ, l, n
  • PAn *s > PMP *h
  • PAn *h > PMP *Ø

Proto-Oceanic merged even more phonemes. This is why modern-day Polynesian languages have some of the most restricted consonant inventories in the world.[2]

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and
Proto-Oceanic Sound Changes
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic
*b/p *p
*mb/mp *b
*c/s/z/j *s
*nc/nd/nz/nj *j
*g/k *k
*ŋg/ŋk *g
*d/r *r
*e/-aw *o
*-i/uy/iw *i

Unusual sound changes that occurred within the Austronesian language family include:[2]

  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *w or *b > Sundanese c- or -nc-
  • Proto-Oceanic *w or *y > p in Levei Khehek
  • Proto-Oceanic *r or *R > g​͡ʟ in Hiw[6]
  • Proto-Polynesian *l or *r > ŋg (via *ɣ or *ʁ) in Rennellese
  • Proto-Polynesian *t > k in Hawaiian, Samoan, and Ontong Java (after *k > ʔ)[7]

Syntax

Word order

Proto-Austronesian is a verb-initial language (including VSO and VOS word orders), as most Formosan languages, all Philippine languages, some Bornean languages, all Austronesian dialects of Madagascar, and all Polynesian languages are verb-initial.[2] However, most Austronesian (many of which are Oceanic) languages of Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Micronesia are SVO, or verb-medial, languages. SOV, or verb-final, word order is considered to be typologically unusual for Austronesian languages, and is only found in various Austronesian languages of New Guinea and to a more limited extent, the Solomon Islands. This is because SOV word order is very common in the non-Austronesian Papuan languages.

Voice system

The Austronesian languages of Taiwan, Borneo, Madagascar and the Philippines are also well known for their unusual morphosyntactic alignment, which is known as the symmetrical voice (also known as the Austronesian alignment). This alignment was also present in the Proto-Austronesian language. Unlike Proto-Austronesian, however, Proto-Oceanic syntax does not make use of the focus morphology present in Austronesian-aligned languages such as the Philippine languages. In the Polynesian languages, verbal morphology is relatively simple, while the main unit in a sentence is the phrase rather than the word.

Below is a table of John Wolff's Proto-Austronesian voice system from Blust (2009:433). Wolff's "four-voice" system was derived from evidence in various Formosan and Philippine languages.

Proto-Austronesian voice system
Independent
(non-past)
Independent
(past)
Future-general
action
Dependent Subjunctive
Actor voice -um- -inum- ? ø -a
Direct passive -en -in- r- -en -a ?
Local passive -an -in-an r- -an -i -ay
Instrumental passive i- i- -in- (?) ? -an (?) ?

However, Ross (2009)[8] notes that what may be the most divergent languages, Tsou, Rukai, and Puyuma, are not addressed by this reconstruction, which therefore cannot claim to be alignment system of the protolanguage of the entire family. He calls the unit to which this reconstruction applies Nuclear Austronesian.

Interrogatives and case markers

The following table compares Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian question words.

Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian question words
English Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
what *(n)-anu *apa
who *(si)-ima *i-sai
where *i-nu *i nu
when *ija-n *p-ijan
how *(n)-anu *ku(j)a

Currently, the most complete reconstruction of the Proto-Austronesian case marker system is offered by Malcolm Ross.[2] The reconstructed case markers are as follows:

Proto-Austronesian case markers
Common nouns Singular
personal nouns
Plural
personal nouns
Neutral *[y]a, *u *i
Nominative *k-a *k-u
Genitive *n-a, *n-u *n-i *n-i-a
Accusative *C-a, *C-u *C-i
Oblique *s-a, *s-u
Locative *d-a

Important Proto-Austronesian grammatical words include the ligature *na and locative *i.[2]

Morphology

Morphology and syntax are often hard to separate in the Austronesian languages, particularly the Philippine languages.[2] This is because the morphology of the verbs often affects how the rest of the sentence would be constructed (i.e., syntax).

Affixes

Below are some Proto-Austronesian affixes (including prefixes, infixes, and suffixes) reconstructed by Robert Blust. For instance, *pa- was used for non-stative (i.e., dynamic) causatives, while *pa-ka was used for stative causatives (Blust 2009:282). Blust also noted a p/m pairing phenomenon in which many affixes have both p- and m- forms. This system is especially elaborate in the Thao language of Taiwan.[2]

Proto-Austronesian Affixes
Affix Gloss
*ka- inchoative (Formosan only), stative, past time, accompanied action/person, abstract noun formative, manner in which an action is carried out, past participle
*ma- stative
*maka- abilitative/aptative
*maki/paki petitive (petitioning for something)[9]
*maŋ actor voice
*paŋ instrumental voice
*maʀ- actor voice
*paʀ- instrumental noun
*mu- movement[10]
*pa(-ka-) causative
*paʀi- reciprocal/collective action[11]
*qali/kali- sensitive connection with the spirit world[12]
*Sa- instrumental voice
*Si- instrumental voice
*-an instrumental voice: imperative
*Sika- ordinal numeral
*ta(ʀ-) sudden, unexpected, or accidental action
*-um- actor voice: transitivity, etc.
*-in- perfective, nominalizer
*-ar- plural
*-an locative voice
*-i locative voice: imperative
*-en patient voice
*-a patient voice: imperative
*-ay future
*ka- -an adversative passive, abstract nouns

Reduplication

CV (consonant + vowel) reduplication is very common among the Austronesian languages. In Proto-Austronesian, Ca-reduplicated (consonant + /a/) numbers were used to count humans, while the non-reduplicated sets were used to count non-human and inanimate objects. CV-reduplication was also used to nominalize verbs in Proto-Austronesian. In Ilocano, CV-reduplication is used to pluralize nouns.

Reduplication patterns include (Blust 2009):

  • Full reduplication
  • Full reduplication plus affixation
  • Full reduplication minus the coda
  • Full reduplication minus the last vowel
  • Full reduplication with vocalic or consonantal change, or both
  • Full reduplication with consecutive identical syllables
  • Prefixal foot reduplication/leftward reduplication
  • Suffixal foot reduplication/rightward reduplication
  • CVC-reduplication
  • CV-reduplication (marks durative aspect, collectivity, or intensity in Bunun; future in Tagalog)
  • CV-reduplication plus affixation
  • Ca-reduplication (used to derive human-counting numerals and deverbal instrumental nouns in Thao and Puyuma)
  • Extensions of fixed segmentism
  • Reduplicative infixes
  • Suffixal syllable reduplication

Other less common patterns are (Blust 2009):

  • Vacuous reduplication (occurs in Paamese)
  • Full reduplication minus the initial (occurs in Anejom of southern Vanuatu)
  • Full reduplication plus an initial glide (occurs in Kosraean)
  • Partial reduplication minus initial glottal stop (occurs in Rennellese)
  • True CV-reduplication (occurs in Pangasinan)
  • Rightward trisyllabic reduplication (occurs in the Manam language)
  • Double reduplication (occurs in Woleaian)
  • Triplication (only in the Thao language)
  • Serial reduplication (only in the Thao language)

Vocabulary

Pronouns

The Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian personal pronouns below were reconstructed by Robert Blust.[2]

Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Pronouns
Type of Pronoun English Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
1s. "I" *i-aku *i-aku
2s. "you/thou" *i-(ka)Su *i-kahu
3s. "he/she/it" *si-ia *si-ia
1p. (inclusive) "we (and you)" *i-(k)ita *i-(k)ita
1p. (exclusive) "we (but not you)" *i-(k)ami *i-(k)ami
2p. "you all" *i-kamu *i-kamu, ihu
3p. "they" *si-ida *si-ida

In 2006, Malcolm Ross also proposed seven different pronominal categories for persons. The categories are listed below, with the Proto-Austronesian first person singular ("I") given as examples.[13]

  1. Neutral (e.g., PAN *i-aku)
  2. Nominative 1 (e.g., PAN *aku)
  3. Nominative 2 (e.g., PAN *=ku, *[S]aku)
  4. Accusative (e.g., PAN *i-ak-ən)
  5. Genitive 1 (e.g., PAN *=[a]ku)
  6. Genitive 2 (e.g., PAN *(=)m-aku)
  7. Genitive 3 (e.g., PAN *n-aku)

The following is from Ross' 2002 proposal of the Proto-Austronesian pronominal system, which contains five categories, including the free (i.e., independent or unattached), free polite, and three genitive categories.[2]

Proto-Austronesian Personal Pronouns
Free Free polite Genitive 1 Genitive 2 Genitive 3
1s. *[i-]aku *=ku *maku *n-aku
2s. *[i-]Su *[i-]ka-Su *=Su *miSu *ni-Su
3s. *s(i)-ia (*=ia) *n(i)-ia
1p. (excl.) *i-ami *[i-]k-ami *=mi *mami *n(i)-ami
1p. (incl.) *([i])ita *[i-]k-ita *=ta *mita *n-ita
2p. *i-amu *[i-]k-amu *=mu *mamu *n(i)-amu
3p. *si-da (*=da) *ni-da

Nouns

Proto-Austronesian vocabulary relating to agriculture and other technological innovations include:[2]

  • *pajay: rice plant
  • *beRas: husked rice
  • *Semay: cooked rice
  • *qayam: bird (means "domesticated animal" in PMP)
  • *manuk: chicken (PMP *manu-manuk means "bird")
  • *babuy: pig
  • *qaNuaŋ: carabao
  • *kuden: clay cooking pot
  • *SadiRi: housepost
  • *busuR: bow
  • *panaq: flight of an arrow
  • *bubu: fish trap
  • *tulaNi: bamboo nose flute

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian innovations include:

  • *puqun: base of a tree; origin, cause
  • *sumpit: blowpipe
  • *haRezan: notched log ladder (used to enter pile dwellings)
  • *taytay: bamboo suspension bridge (POc *tete "ladder, bridge")
  • *kaka: elder same sex sibling
  • *huaji: younger same sex sibling
  • *ñaRa: brother of a woman
  • *betaw: sister of a man

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian also has several words for house:

  • *balay (house, building for public use)
  • *Rumaq (house, family dwelling)
  • *banua (land, village, house, country, sky, heaven) – hence vanua and whenua (as in tangata whenua)
  • *lepaw (granary)
  • *kamaliR (bachelors' clubhouse)
Body parts
Body part Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic Proto-Polynesian
hand *(qa)lima *(qa)lima *lima *lima
leg, foot *qaqay *qaqay *waqe *waqe
head *qulu *qulu *qulu, *bwatu(k) *qulu
eye *maCa *mata *mata *mata
ear *Caliŋa *taliŋa *taliŋa *taliŋa
nose *mujiŋ *ijuŋ *isuŋ *isu
mouth *ŋusu *baqbaq *papaq *ŋutu
blood *daRaq *daRaq *draRaq *toto
liver *qaCay *qatay *qate *qate
bone *CuqelaN *tuqelaŋ *suri *hui
skin *qaNiC *kulit *kulit *kili
back *likud *likud *muri, *takuRu *tuqa
belly *tiaN *tian, *kempuŋ *tian *manawa
intestines *Cinaqi *tinaqi *tinaqi
breast *susu *susu *susu *susu, *huhu
shoulder *qabaRa *qabaRa *(qa)paRa *uma
neck *liqeR *liqeR *Ruqa, *liqoR *ua
hair *bukeS *buhek *raun ni qulu *lau-qulu
tooth *nipen *ipen, *nipen *nipon, *lipon *nifo
Kinship terms
Kinship Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic Proto-Polynesian
person, human being *Cau *tau *taumataq *taŋata
mother *t-ina *t-ina *tina *tinana
father *t-ama *t-ama *tama *tamana
child *aNak *anak *natu *tama
man, male *ma-Ruqanay *laki, *ma-Ruqanay *mwaRuqane *taqane
woman, female *bahi *bahi *pine, *papine *fafine
house *Rumaq *Rumaq, *balay, *banua *Rumwaq *fale

Animals

Common animals
Animal Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic Proto-Polynesian
dog *asu *asu *kuli
bird *qayam *qayam, *manuk[14] *manuk *manu
snake *SulaR *hulaR, *nipay *mwata *ŋata
louse *kuCu *kutu *kutu *kutu
fish *Sikan *hikan *ikan *ika
chicken *manuk
Selected animal names[15]
No. Common name Scientific name Proto-Austronesian
6845 the Formosan rock monkey Macaca cyclopis *luCuŋ
7228 deer sp. Cervus sp., either the sika deer or sambar deer *benan
7187 Formosan blind mole Talpa insularis *mumu
709 a dove Ducula spp.? *baRuj
7127 omen bird Alcippe spp. *SiSiN
234 termite, white ant Isoptera *aNay
6861 jungle leech Haemadipsa spp. *-matek
6862 jungle leech Haemadipsa spp. *qaNi-matek

Plants

Selected plant names[15]
No. Common name Scientific name Proto-Austronesian
8465 bracket fungus Polyporus spp. *kulaC
8795 broomcorn millet Panicum miliaceum *baCaR
10249 castor bean Ricinus communis *katawa
10710 elephant grass, miscanthus grass Themeda gigantea *Caŋelaj
6569 Formosan maple Liquidambar formosana *daRa₁
6629 loquat tree and fruit Eriobotrya deflexa *Ritu
7254 mulberry tree and fruit Morus formosensis *taNiud
4614 rattan Calamus sp. *quay
6568 soapberry Sapindus mukorossi, Sapindus saponaria *daqu₂
7166 stinging nettle Laportea spp. *laCeŋ
4900 sword grass Imperata cylindrica *Riaq
6689 sword grass Imperata cylindrica *Rimeja
7070 a hairy vine Pueraria hirsuta *baSay
484 giant crinum lily, spider lily Crinum asiaticum *bakuŋ₁
4039 Caesarweed, Congo jute Urena lobata *puluC
6560 Chinese sumac, nutgall tree Rhus semialata *beRuS
6587 aromatic litsea, may chang Litsea cubeba *maqaw
6630 Indian lettuce Lactuca indica *Samaq
6630 sow thistle Sonchus oleraceus *Samaq
6697 a plant Aralia decaisneana *tanaq
6818 European black nightshade Solanum nigrum *SameCi
7082 reed Phragmites spp. *qaReNu
7084 a plant Begonia aptera *qanus₁
7418 fireweed, burnweed Erechtites spp. *Sina
12731 Chinese elder Sambucus formosana *Nayad
8455 a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish Derris elliptica *tuba
7191 a plant, sesame Sesamum indicum *Samud
12683 a small tree bearing round, green fruit Ehretia spp. *kaNawaS
611 a thorny vine Smilax spp. *baNaR
619 a thorny vine Smilax spp. *baNaw
4243 fragrant manjack Cordia dichotoma *qaNuNaŋ
7114 chinaberry tree Melia azedarach *baŋaS
12726 bishop wood Bischofia javanica *CuquR
12811 a tree Zelkova formosana *teRebeS
12773 a tree, the Chinese mahogany or Philippine mahogany Shorea maxwelliana *buleS
6682 a tree: the camphor laurel Cinnamomum spp. *dakeS
7233 an evergreen tree Acacia confusa? *tuquN
9776 bamboo Bambusa spinosa? *kawayan
1046 bamboo of very large diameter Dendrocalamus sp.? *betuŋ₁
6559 banana Musa sapientum *beNbeN
6693 betel nut nut of Areca catechu *Sawiki
1223 cane grass Miscanthus sp. *biRaSu
6620 cucumber Cucumis sativus *baRat₂
6621 cultivated taro Colocasia esculenta *Cali
8750 millet sp. Setaria italica (?) *zawa₂
811 millet sp., probably foxtail millet Setaria italica *beCeŋ
3089 plant sp. Diospyros discolor *kamaya
2054 sugarcane Saccharum officinarum *CebuS
7952 sugarcane Saccharum officinarum *tebuS
7304 the Japanese cypress Chamaecyparis obtusa *baŋun₁
12687 the Japanese raspberry Rubus parvifolius, Rubus taiwanianus *RiNuk
4722 tree with sticky fruits Cordia spp. *quNuNaŋ
1601 type of slender bamboo Schizostachyum spp. *buluq₂
1218 wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro Alocasia spp. *biRaq₁

Colors and directions

Below are colors in reconstructed Proto-Austronesian, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian.[2][16] The first three have been reconstructed by Robert Blust, while the Proto-Polynesian words given below were reconstructed by Andrew Pawley. Proto-Polynesian displays many innovations not found in the other proto-languages.

Colors
Color Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic Proto-Polynesian
white *ma-puNi *ma-putiq *ma-puteq *tea
black *ma-CeŋeN *ma-qitem *ma-qetom *quli(-quli)
red *ma-puteq *ma-iRaq *meRaq *kula
yellow *ma-kunij *aŋo *reŋareŋa, *felo(-felo)
green *mataq *mataq *karakarawa *mata (?)

The Proto-Austronesians used two types of directions, which are the land-sea axis and the monsoon axis. The cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west developed among the Austronesian languages only after contact with the Europeans. For the land-sea axis, upstream/uphill and inland, as well as downstream/downhill and seaward, are synonym pairs. This has been proposed as evidence that Proto-Austronesians used to live on a mainland, since the sea would be visible from all angles on small islands.[2]

  • *daya: inland (also upstream/uphill)
  • *lahud: seaward (also downstream/downhill)
  • *SabaRat: west monsoon
  • *timuR: east monsoon
  • *qamiS: north wind

In Kavalan, Amis, and Tagalog, the reflexes of *timuR mean "south" or "south wind," while in the languages of the southern Philippines and Indonesia it means "east" or "east wind."

In Ilocano, dáya and láud respectively mean "east" and "west," while in Puyuma, ɖaya and ɭauɖ respectively mean "west" and "east."[17] This is because the Ilocano homeland is the west coast of northern Luzon, while the Puyuma homeland is on the eastern coast of southern Taiwan. Among the Bontok, Kankanaey, and Ifugaw languages of northern Luzon, the reflexes of *daya mean "sky" because they already live in some of the highest elevations in the Philippines (Blust 2009:301).

Also, the Malay reflex of *lahud is laut, which means "sea", used as directions timur laut (means "northeast", timur = "east") and barat laut (means "northwest", barat = "west"). Meanwhile, *daya only performs in barat daya, which means "southwest".

Numerals

Below are reconstructed Proto-Austronesian, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian numbers from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.[18]

Note that *lima 'five', ultimately the root for 'hand', is not found for 'five' in some Formosan languages, such as Pazeh, Saisiat, Luilang, Favorlang and Taokas; numerals cognate with Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 6–10 are found in Amis, Basay, Bunun, Kanakanabu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa and Tsou. Pazeh, Favorlang, Saisiat and Taokas reflect *RaCep 'five'.

Laurent Sagart suggests that this was the PAn root, replaced by *lima in a lineage that lead to the remaining languages, rather than the reverse, because it seems to be retained in proto-Malayo-Polynesian in the forms 7, 8, 9, which appear to be disyllabic contractions of additive phrases attested from some of the western Formosan languages, especially Pazeh: Pazeh xaseb-uza 'six' (literally 'five-one'); xaseb-i-dusa 'seven' ('five-and-two'), with the bidu cognate with PMP *pitu; xaseb-a-turu 'eight' ('five-and-three'), with the baturu cognate with PMP *walu; xaseb-i-supat 'nine' ('five-and-four'), with the supa (< PAn *Sepat 'four') cognate with PMP *Siwa.[19]

Numerals
Number Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic Proto-Polynesian
one *esa, *isa *esa, *isa *sa-kai, *ta-sa, *tai, *kai *taha
two *duSa *duha *rua *rua
three *telu *telu *tolu *tolu
four *Sepat *epat *pat, *pati, *pani *faa
five *RaCep > *lima *lima *lima *lima

The Proto-Austronesian language had different sets of numerals for non-humans ("set A") and humans ("set B") (Blust 2009:279). Cardinal numerals for counting humans are derived from the non-human numerals through Ca-reduplication. This bipartite numeral system is found in Thao, Puyuma, Yami, Chamorro, and various other languages (however, Paiwan uses ma- and manə- to derive human numerals). In many Philippine languages such as Tagalog, the two numeral systems are merged (Blust 2009:280-281).

Basic numerals vs. human numerals
Number Set A Set B Tagalog
one *isa *? isa (A)
two *duSa *da-duSa dalawa (B)
three *telu *ta-telu tatlo (B)
four *Sepat *Sa-Sepat apat (B)
five *lima *la-lima lima (A)
six *enem *a-enem anim (B)
seven *pitu *pa-pitu pito (A)
eight *walu *wa-walu walo (A)
nine *Siwa *Sa-Siwa (siyam)
ten *sa-puluq *? sampu

Proto-Austronesian also used *Sika- to derive ordinal numerals (Blust 2009:281).

Verbs

Below are reconstructed Proto-Austronesian, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian verbs from the .

Verbs
Verb Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Oceanic Proto-Polynesian
to walk *Nakaw *lakaw, paNaw *lako, pano *fano
to swim *Naŋuy *naŋuy *kakaRu *kaukau
to know *bajaq *taqu *taqu *qiloa
to think *nemnem *demdem *rodrom *manatu
to sleep *tuduR *tuduR *turuR *mohe
to stand *diRi *diRi, *tuqud *tuqur *tuqu
to sew *taSiq *tahiq, *zaqit *saqit, *turi *tui
to die, be dead *m-aCay *m-atay *mate *mate
to choose *piliq *piliq *piliq *fili
to fly *layap *layap, Rebek *Ropok *lele

Monosyllabic roots

The following are monosyllabic Proto-Austronesian roots reconstructed by John Wolff (Wolff 1999).[20]

Forms which can be reconstructed as monosyllables with a great deal of certainty

  • *baw 'up, above'
  • *bay 'woman'
  • *beg 'spool, wind'
  • *bit 'carry in fingers'
  • *buñ 'fontanelle'
  • *but 'pluck out'
  • *dem 'think, brood'
  • *gem 'first, hold in fist'
  • *ɣiq 'Imperata cylindrica'
  • *kan 'eat'
    • *si-kan 'fish, what is eaten with staple'
    • *pa-kan 'feed, weft'
    • *paN-kan 'eat, feed'
  • *kub
    • *kubkub 'cover over'
    • *takub 'cover over in a cupped way' (where *ta- is a fossilized prefix)
  • *lid
    • *belit 'wind'
    • *bilid 'wind, twist, or fold s.t. over'
    • *pulid 'turn round'
  • *luk 'concave bend'
  • *lum 'ripe'
  • *nem 'six'
  • *ñam 'taste'
  • *ñeŋ 'look, stare'
  • *ŋa 'agape (mouth)'
    • *kaŋa 'be open (as mouth)'
    • *baŋa 'gap, stand open'
    • *binaŋa (< -in- + baŋa) / *minaŋa 'mouth of river'
    • *beŋa 'be agape'
    • *búŋa 'flower'
    • *paŋa 'forking'
    • *ʃaŋa 'branch'
  • *pan 'bait'
  • *pat 'four'
  • *peʃ 'squeeze, deflate'
  • *pit
    • *kepit 'pinched together'
  • *pu 'grandparent/child'
  • *put 'blow'
  • *ʃaw 'wash, rinse off, dunk'
  • *ʃay 'who?'
  • *ʃek 'stuff, fill chock full'
  • *ʃeŋ 'stop up'
  • *ʃep 'suck'
  • *ʃuk 'go in, through'
  • *taw 'man'
  • *tay 'bridge'
    • *matay 'die'
    • *patay 'dead, kill'
  • *tuk 'strike, peck, beak'

Sequences which are likely (or may have been) monosyllabic roots, but cannot be unequivocally reconstructed

  • *baŋ 'fly'
  • *bu 'fish trap'
  • *buʃ 'puff, blow out' (not well attested; most monosyllables occur in Oceanic languages)
  • *dañ 'old (of things)'
  • *daŋ 'heat near a fire'
  • *dem 'dark, cloudy'
    • *padem 'extinguish'
  • *diʃ 'cut, lance'
  • *ka 'elder sibling'
  • *kid 'file, rasp'
  • *lag 'spread out'
    • *belag 'spread out'
    • *pálag 'palm of hand'
    • *qelag 'wing'
  • *laŋ 'placed lengthwise'
    • *galaŋ 'wedge, s.t. placed underneath to support'
    • *halaŋ 'lie athwart, bar, be an obstacle'
  • *leb 'for water to come over s.t.'
  • *lem – reflexes variously mean 'night' or 'darkness'
  • *luñ
    • *luluñ 'roll up'
    • *baluñ 'fold over, wrap'
  • *muɣuɣ 'gargle, rinse out mouth' (monosyllabic status is weak)
  • *pak 'make a sound of 'pak', wings (from the sound)'
  • *tan 'set trap'
  • *taʃ 'top'
  • *tuk 'top, summit'
  • *tun 'lead on a rope'

Reconstructed doubled monosyllables phonologically but which cannot be proven to be monosyllabic roots

  • *baba 'carry on back'
  • *bakbak 'remove outer layer of skin, bark'
  • *baqbaq 'mouth'
  • *bañbañ 'kind of reed used for mats, Donax canniformis'
  • *bekbek 'pulverize'
  • *biɣbiɣ 'lips (lip-like growth)'
  • *biŋbiŋ 'hold, guide'
  • *biʃbiʃ 'sprinkle'
  • *buɣ(buɣ) 'broken into small pieces'
  • *buñbuñ 'down, body hair' (only in Taiwan and the Philippines; probably not PAn)
  • *dabdab 'set fire to'
  • *dakdak 'slam s.t. down' (only in the Philippines)
  • *dasdas 'chest'
  • *debdeb 'chest'
  • *diŋdiŋ 'wall'
  • *diqdiq 'boil'
  • *gapgap 'feel, grope'
  • *ɣaʃɣaʃ 'scratched'
  • *idid 'move rapidly in small motions' (e.g., 'fan')
  • *jutjut 'pull at'
  • *kaŋkaŋ 'spread the legs' (only in the Philippines and western Indonesia)
    • *bakaŋ 'bow-legged'
    • *kaqkaq 'split, torn, with intestines'
    • *keŋkeŋ 'rigid, tight'
  • *kepkep 'clasp'
    • *dakep 'catch'
    • *ʃikep 'catch s.t. moving, tight'
  • *kiskis 'scrape off'
  • *kiʃkiʃ 'grate, file'
  • *kudkud 'grate, rasp, scratch out'
  • *kañuskus 'fingernail'
  • *kuʃkuʃ 'rub, scrape'
  • *laplap 'flapping, loose (like skin on newborn)' (only in Paiwan and Philippine languages)
  • *mekmek 'fragments'
  • *neknek 'gnat, fruit fly'
  • *nemnem 'think'
  • *palaqpaq 'frond'
  • *pejpej 'press together'
  • *ququ 'crab'
  • *sapsap 'grope'
  • *ʃaʃa 'collect palm leaves for thatching'
  • *ʃakʃak 'beat, chop'
  • *ʃelʃel 'regret'
  • *ʃelʃel 'insert, cram in'
  • *ʃiʃi 'kind of mollusk'
  • *ʃikʃik 'search through thoroughly (as for lice)'
  • *ʃuʃu 'breast, teat'
  • *ʃuɣʃuɣ 'follow behind'
  • *ʃuŋʃuŋ 'go against' (only in the Philippines and western Indonesia)
  • *taktak 'fall, drop'
  • *tamtam 'smack lips' or taste'
  • *taʃtaʃ 'rent, break thread'
    • *bútaʃ 'hole'
    • *ɣetaʃ 'break through, break open'
    • *teʃteʃ 'rip open'
  • *tutu 'strike'
  • *waqwaq 'channel'
  • *witwit 'swinging to and fro'

Sequences which occur as final syllables over a wide area but which cannot be reconstructed as a monosyllabic root

  • *buk
    • *dabuk 'ashes'
    • *dábuk 'beat to pulp'
    • *ɣabuk 'pulverized'
    • *qabuk 'dust'
  • *bun 'dew mist'
    • *bun 'heap, stack'
    • *subun 'heap, pile'
    • *timbun / *tábun (?) 'heap'
    • *ɣábun 'fog'
  • *buq 'add, increase'
    • *tubuq 'grow, shoot'
  • *duŋ 'protect, shelter'
  • *ket
    • *deket 'near'
    • *jeket 'stick'
    • *ñiket / ñaŋket 'sticky'
    • *ñiket 'sticky substance'
    • *siket 'tie'
  • *kuŋ
    • *bekuŋ 'arch'
    • *dekuŋ 'bent'
    • *leŋkuŋ 'bent'
  • *kup
    • *aŋkup 'put in cupped hands'
    • *tukup 'cover'
  • *kut
    • *dakut 'take in hand'
    • *ɣakut 'tie together'
    • *ʃaŋkut 'caught on a hook'
  • *laq
    • *telaq / *kelaq 'crack' or 'split'
    • *belaq 'cleft'
  • *liŋ
    • *baliŋ 'wind around, turn s.t. around'
    • *biliŋ 'turning round'
    • *giliŋ 'roll over s.t.'
    • *guliŋ 'roll up'
    • *paliŋ 'wind around' or 'turn body'
  • *liw
    • *baliw 'return, go back'
    • *ʃaliw 'give in exchange'
  • *luʃ 'slip' or 'slippery' or 'smooth'
  • *naw
    • *línaw 'calm, unroiled'
    • *tiqenaw 'clear'
  • *ŋaw
    • *baŋaw 'bedbug'
    • *láŋaw 'fly'
    • *tuŋaw 'kind of mite causing itch'
  • *ŋet
    • *qaŋet 'warm'
    • *ʃeŋet 'sharp, stinger'
    • *ʃeŋet 'acrid in smell'
  • *paɣ 'be flat'
    • *dampaɣ / *lampaɣ / *dapaɣ / *lapaɣ 'be flat'
    • *sampaɣ 'mat, spread out'
  • *puŋ 'cluster, bunch'
  • *taɣ
    • *dataɣ 'flat area'

See also

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics (2013). The Austronesian languages: Revised Edition. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. hdl:1885/10191. ISBN 978-1-92218-507-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Blust, Robert; Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics (2009). The Austronesian languages. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-602-0.
  3. ^ Wolff uses ⟨ɬ⟩ (which in IPA stands for a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative) to represent the proto-sound which he assumes to have been a palatal lateral [ʎ].
  4. ^ a b Ross, Malcolm D. (Summer 1992), "The Sound of Proto-Austronesian: An Outsider's View of the Formosan Evidence", Oceanic Linguistics, 31 (1): 23–64, doi:10.2307/3622965, JSTOR 3622965
  5. ^ Technically this is still part of the *S > *h sound change. The difference is that the preceding vowel changes as well.
  6. ^ François, Alexandre (2010), "Phonotactics and the prestopped velar lateral of Hiw: Resolving the ambiguity of a complex segment", Phonology, 27 (3): 393–434, doi:10.1017/s0952675710000205, S2CID 62628417
  7. ^ Blust, R. A. (2004). "*t to k: An Austronesian Sound Change Revisited". Oceanic Linguistics. 43 (2): 365–410. doi:10.1353/ol.2005.0001. S2CID 143013834.
  8. ^ Ross, Malcolm. 2009. "Proto Austronesian verbal morphology: A reappraisal." In Alexander Adelaar and Andrew Pawley (eds.). Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift for Robert Blust. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  9. ^ Only found in the central and southern Philippines as well as some parts of Borneo and Sulawesi.
  10. ^ Found in the Formosan languages and possibly also in Cebuano.
  11. ^ Often found in Oceanic languages.
  12. ^ Used with insects, rainbows, storm/natural phenomena, various plant/animal names, etc.
  13. ^ Ross, Malcolm (2006). Reconstructing the case-marking and personal pronoun systems of Proto Austronesian. In Henry Y. Chang and Lillian M. Huang and Dah-an Ho, eds, Streams Converging into an Ocean: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Jen-kuei Li on His 70th Birthday, 521-564. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
  14. ^ PMP *qayam means ;domesticated animal', PMP *manuk means 'domesticated fowl, chicken', and PMP *manu-manuk means 'bird'.
  15. ^ a b Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (April 25, 2020). "Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition". Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  16. ^ Pawley, Andrew. . Unpublished list, 2009. Archived from the original on 2017-04-13.
  17. ^ Cauquelin, Josiane. 1991. Dictionnaire Puyuma–Français. Paris: Ecole française d'Extrême Orient.
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  19. ^ Laurent Sagart (2004) The Higher Phylogeny of Austronesian and the Position of Tai-Kadai
  20. ^ Wolff, John. 1999. "The monosyllabic roots of Proto-Austronesian." In Elizabeth Zeitoun and Paul Jen-kuei Li, eds. 1999. Selected papers from the Eighth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 139-194. Taipei, Taiwan: Academia Sinica.

Sources

  • Adelaar, A. (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: A historical perspective. In A. Adelaar, & N. P. Himmelmann (Eds.), The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7007-1286-1, ISBN 978-0-415-68153-7, ISBN 978-0-203-82112-1
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  • Blust, R. (1999). Subgrouping, circularity and extinction: Some issues in Austronesian comparative linguistics. In Zeitoun, E., & Li, P. J-K. (Eds.), Selected Papers From the 8th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics. Taipei: Academica Sinica.
  • Blust, R. A. (2009). The Austronesian Languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-602-0.
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  • Greenhill, S. J., Blust. R, & Gray, R. D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
  • Wolff, John U. (2010). Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications.

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert and Stephen Trussel. 2018. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition.
  • Dahl, Otto Christian. 1976. Proto-Austronesian (2nd, revised edition). Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 15. London: Curzon Press.
  • Dahl, Otto Christian. 1981. Early phonetic and phonemic changes in Austronesian. Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning.

External links

  • Blust, Robert and Trussel, Stephen (work-in-progress), Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD)

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This article or section should specify the language of its non English content using lang transliteration for transliterated languages and IPA for phonetic transcriptions with an appropriate ISO 639 code Wikipedia s multilingual support templates may also be used See why October 2021 Proto Austronesian commonly abbreviated as PAN or PAn is a proto language It is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian languages one of the world s major language families Proto Austronesian is assumed to have begun to diversify c 3 500 4 000 BCE on Taiwan 1 Proto AustronesianPANReconstruction ofAustronesian languagesRegionTaiwanLower order reconstructionsProto Rukai Proto Tsouic Proto Northwest Formosan Proto Western Plains Proto Atayalic Proto Eastern Formosan Proto Malayo PolynesianLower level reconstructions have also been made and include Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic and Proto Polynesian Recently linguists such as Malcolm Ross and Andrew Pawley have built large lexicons for Proto Oceanic and Proto Polynesian Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Blust s reconstruction 1 2 Wolff s reconstruction 1 3 Historical overview of reconstructions for Proto Austronesian 2 Sound changes 3 Syntax 3 1 Word order 3 2 Voice system 3 3 Interrogatives and case markers 4 Morphology 4 1 Affixes 4 2 Reduplication 5 Vocabulary 5 1 Pronouns 5 2 Nouns 5 2 1 Animals 5 2 2 Plants 5 3 Colors and directions 5 4 Numerals 5 5 Verbs 6 Monosyllabic roots 7 See also 8 References 9 Sources 10 Further reading 11 External linksPhonology EditProto Austronesian is reconstructed by constructing sets of correspondences among consonants in the various Austronesian languages according to the comparative method Although in theory the result should be unambiguous in practice given the large number of languages there are numerous disagreements with various scholars differing significantly on the number and nature of the phonemes in Proto Austronesian In the past some disagreements concerned whether certain correspondence sets were real or represent sporadic developments in particular languages For the currently remaining disagreements however scholars generally accept the validity of the correspondence sets but disagree on the extent to which the distinctions in these sets can be projected back to proto Austronesian or represent innovations in particular sets of daughter languages Blust s reconstruction Edit Below are Proto Austronesian phonemes reconstructed by Robert Blust a professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa 2 A total of 25 Proto Austronesian consonants 4 vowels and 4 diphthongs were reconstructed However Blust acknowledges that some of the reconstructed consonants are still controversial and debated The symbols below are frequently used in reconstructed Proto Austronesian words C voiceless alveolar affricate c voiceless palatal affricate q uvular z voiced palatal affricate D voiced retroflex stop j palatalized voiced velar stop S voiceless alveolar fricative N palatalized alveolar lateral r alveolar flap R alveolar or uvular trillProto Austronesian Consonants Blust 2009 Labial Alveolar Palatal Retroflex Velar Uvular GlottalUnvoiced stop p p t t k k q q Voiced stop b b d d D ɖ g ɡ j ɡʲ Nasal m m n n n ɲ ŋ ŋ Fricative S s s ʃ h h Affricate C t s c t ʃ z d ʒ Lateral l l N ʎ Tap or trill r ɾ R r or ʀ Approximant w w y j D only appears in final position z c n only in initial and medial position while j is restricted to medial and final position The Proto Austronesian vowels are a i u and e Proto Austronesian Vowels Blust 2009 Height Front Central BackClose i i u u Mid e e Open a a The diphthongs which are diachronic sources of individual vowels are ay aw uy iwWolff s reconstruction Edit In 2010 John Wolff published his Proto Austronesian reconstruction in Proto Austronesian phonology with glossary Wolff reconstructs a total of 19 consonants 4 vowels i u a e where e e 4 diphthongs ay aw iw uy and syllabic stress Proto Austronesian Consonants Wolff Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular GlottalUnvoiced stop p p t t c c k k q q Voiced stop fricative b b d d j ɟ g ɡ ɣ ʁ Nasal m m n n ŋ ŋ Voiceless fricative s s h h Lateral l l ɬ ʎ 3 Approximant w w y j The following table shows how Wolff s Proto Austronesian phonemic system differs from Blust s system Wolff s and Blust s PAn phonemes Blust p t C c k q b D d d d z z j j g g g R m n N n ŋ l r s S h w yWolff p t rejected k q b d d d j j j g rejected ɣ m n ɬ ŋ l rejected c s h w y Historical overview of reconstructions for Proto Austronesian Edit According to Malcolm Ross 4 the following aspects of Blust s system are uncontroversial the labials p b m w the velars k ŋ y R the vowels and the above four diphthongs There is some disagreement about the postvelars q ʔ h and the velars g j and about whether there are any more diphthongs however in these respects Ross and Blust are in agreement The major disagreement concerns the system of coronal consonants The following discussion is based on Ross 1992 4 Otto Dempwolff s reconstruction of Proto Malayo Polynesian from the 1930s included Dental t d n l Retroflex ṭ ḍ ḷ Palatal t d n Palatal k g Dyen 1963 including data from the Formosan languages expanded Dempwolff s set of coronal consonants t split into t and C n split into n and L N d split and renotated as z and Z t split into s1 and s2 ḷ ṭ ḍ n k g h renotated as r T D n c j qTsuchida 1976 building on Dyen s system Further split d into D1 D2 D3 D4 He also believed that Dyen s c Dempwolff s k could not be reconstructed for Proto Austronesian he also split Dyen s w into w W and q into q Q which were not accepted by later scholars Dahl reduced Tsuchida s consonants into D1 D2 D3 D4 into d3 d2 d1 d3 with the new d3 reflecting the combination of the old D1 and D4 and combined Dyen s S X x into a single phoneme S He did accept Dyen s c but did not accept his T D He also renotated a number of phonemes in ways that were not generally accepted by later scholars Blust based his system on a combination of Dyen Tsuchida and Dahl and attempted to reduce the total number of phonemes He accepted Dahl s reduction of Dyen s S X x into S but did not accept either Tsuchida s or Dahl s split of Dyen s d in addition he reduced Dyen s s1 s2 to a single phoneme s While accepting Dyen s c he was hesitant about T and D more recently Blust appears to have accepted D but rejected T and also rejected Z Ross likewise attempted to reduce the number of phonemes but in a different way He accepts Dahl s d1 d2 d3 and also Z eventually rejected by Blust He notes that the distinction between d1 and d2 d3 is only reconstructable for the Formosan language groups Amis Proto Puyuma and Proto Paiwan and only Proto Paiwan has a three way distinction among d1 d2 d3 contrarily the distinction between Z and d1 is reconstructable only for Proto Rukai and Proto Malayo Polynesian but not any of the previous three groups However he still believes contra Blust that the distinction among these phonemes is an inheritance from Proto Austronesian rather than an innovation in the respective groups He notes that d1 occurs only morpheme initially while r occurs only morpheme non initially and as a result combines the two He does not accept the phonemes c z n in Proto Austronesian and asserts that none of them are readily reconstructable outside of Proto Malayo Polynesian Furthermore while he believes that n was a general innovation in Proto Malayo Polynesian c and z are reflected differently from PMP Proto Malayo Polynesian s and d only in a fairly limited area of western Indo Malaysia and appear to be the results of local developments He also reconstructs the coronals somewhat differently He believes that C S l d3 were all retroflex respectively tʂ ʂ or ʃ ɭ or ɽ ɖ and s and L Blust s N were dental s and l as opposed to Blust s reconstruction as dental and palatal respectively According to Ross this is based on their outcomes in the Formosan languages and Javanese although their outcomes as dental palatal is geographically more distributed it occurs only in Malayo Polynesian which represent a single clade with respect to the Formosan languages Sound changes EditSee also Formosan languages Sound changes As Proto Austronesian transitioned to Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic and Proto Polynesian the phonemic inventories were continually reduced by merging formerly distinct sounds into one sound Three mergers were observed in the Proto Austronesian to Proto Malayo Polynesian transition while nine were observed for the Proto Oceanic to Proto Polynesian transition Thus Proto Austronesian has the most elaborate sound system while Proto Polynesian has the fewest phonemes For instance the Hawaiian language is famous for having only eight consonants while Maori has only ten consonants This is a sharp reduction from the 19 25 consonants of the Proto Austronesian language that was originally spoken on Taiwan or Kinmen Blust also observed the following mergers and sound changes between Proto Austronesian and Proto Malayo Polynesian 2 Proto Austronesian andProto Malayo Polynesian Sound Changes Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian C t t N n n S h h eS 5 ahHowever according to Wolff 2010 241 Proto Malayo Polynesian s development from Proto Austronesian only included the following three sound changes PAn ɬ gt PMP n l n PAn s gt PMP h PAn h gt PMP OProto Oceanic merged even more phonemes This is why modern day Polynesian languages have some of the most restricted consonant inventories in the world 2 Proto Malayo Polynesian andProto Oceanic Sound Changes Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic b p p mb mp b c s z j s nc nd nz nj j g k k ŋg ŋk g d r r e aw o i uy iw iUnusual sound changes that occurred within the Austronesian language family include 2 Proto Malayo Polynesian w or b gt Sundanese c or nc Proto Oceanic w or y gt p in Levei Khehek Proto Oceanic r or R gt g ʟ in Hiw 6 Proto Polynesian l or r gt ŋg via ɣ or ʁ in Rennellese Proto Polynesian t gt k in Hawaiian Samoan and Ontong Java after k gt ʔ 7 Syntax EditWord order Edit Proto Austronesian is a verb initial language including VSO and VOS word orders as most Formosan languages all Philippine languages some Bornean languages all Austronesian dialects of Madagascar and all Polynesian languages are verb initial 2 However most Austronesian many of which are Oceanic languages of Indonesia New Guinea New Caledonia Vanuatu the Solomon Islands and Micronesia are SVO or verb medial languages SOV or verb final word order is considered to be typologically unusual for Austronesian languages and is only found in various Austronesian languages of New Guinea and to a more limited extent the Solomon Islands This is because SOV word order is very common in the non Austronesian Papuan languages Voice system Edit The Austronesian languages of Taiwan Borneo Madagascar and the Philippines are also well known for their unusual morphosyntactic alignment which is known as the symmetrical voice also known as the Austronesian alignment This alignment was also present in the Proto Austronesian language Unlike Proto Austronesian however Proto Oceanic syntax does not make use of the focus morphology present in Austronesian aligned languages such as the Philippine languages In the Polynesian languages verbal morphology is relatively simple while the main unit in a sentence is the phrase rather than the word Below is a table of John Wolff s Proto Austronesian voice system from Blust 2009 433 Wolff s four voice system was derived from evidence in various Formosan and Philippine languages Proto Austronesian voice system Independent non past Independent past Future general action Dependent SubjunctiveActor voice um inum o aDirect passive en in r en a Local passive an in an r an i ayInstrumental passive i i in an However Ross 2009 8 notes that what may be the most divergent languages Tsou Rukai and Puyuma are not addressed by this reconstruction which therefore cannot claim to be alignment system of the protolanguage of the entire family He calls the unit to which this reconstruction applies Nuclear Austronesian Interrogatives and case markers Edit The following table compares Proto Austronesian and Proto Malayo Polynesian question words Proto Austronesian and Proto Malayo Polynesian question words English Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesianwhat n anu apawho si ima i saiwhere i nu i nuwhen ija n p ijanhow n anu ku j aCurrently the most complete reconstruction of the Proto Austronesian case marker system is offered by Malcolm Ross 2 The reconstructed case markers are as follows Proto Austronesian case markers Common nouns Singularpersonal nouns Pluralpersonal nounsNeutral y a u i Nominative k a k u Genitive n a n u n i n i aAccusative C a C u C i Oblique s a s u Locative d a Important Proto Austronesian grammatical words include the ligature na and locative i 2 Morphology EditMorphology and syntax are often hard to separate in the Austronesian languages particularly the Philippine languages 2 This is because the morphology of the verbs often affects how the rest of the sentence would be constructed i e syntax Affixes Edit Below are some Proto Austronesian affixes including prefixes infixes and suffixes reconstructed by Robert Blust For instance pa was used for non stative i e dynamic causatives while pa ka was used for stative causatives Blust 2009 282 Blust also noted a p m pairing phenomenon in which many affixes have both p and m forms This system is especially elaborate in the Thao language of Taiwan 2 Proto Austronesian Affixes Affix Gloss ka inchoative Formosan only stative past time accompanied action person abstract noun formative manner in which an action is carried out past participle ma stative maka abilitative aptative maki paki petitive petitioning for something 9 maŋ actor voice paŋ instrumental voice maʀ actor voice paʀ instrumental noun mu movement 10 pa ka causative paʀi reciprocal collective action 11 qali kali sensitive connection with the spirit world 12 Sa instrumental voice Si instrumental voice an instrumental voice imperative Sika ordinal numeral ta ʀ sudden unexpected or accidental action um actor voice transitivity etc in perfective nominalizer ar plural an locative voice i locative voice imperative en patient voice a patient voice imperative ay future ka an adversative passive abstract nounsReduplication Edit CV consonant vowel reduplication is very common among the Austronesian languages In Proto Austronesian Ca reduplicated consonant a numbers were used to count humans while the non reduplicated sets were used to count non human and inanimate objects CV reduplication was also used to nominalize verbs in Proto Austronesian In Ilocano CV reduplication is used to pluralize nouns Reduplication patterns include Blust 2009 Full reduplication Full reduplication plus affixation Full reduplication minus the coda Full reduplication minus the last vowel Full reduplication with vocalic or consonantal change or both Full reduplication with consecutive identical syllables Prefixal foot reduplication leftward reduplication Suffixal foot reduplication rightward reduplication CVC reduplication CV reduplication marks durative aspect collectivity or intensity in Bunun future in Tagalog CV reduplication plus affixation Ca reduplication used to derive human counting numerals and deverbal instrumental nouns in Thao and Puyuma Extensions of fixed segmentism Reduplicative infixes Suffixal syllable reduplicationOther less common patterns are Blust 2009 Vacuous reduplication occurs in Paamese Full reduplication minus the initial occurs in Anejom of southern Vanuatu Full reduplication plus an initial glide occurs in Kosraean Partial reduplication minus initial glottal stop occurs in Rennellese True CV reduplication occurs in Pangasinan Rightward trisyllabic reduplication occurs in the Manam language Double reduplication occurs in Woleaian Triplication only in the Thao language Serial reduplication only in the Thao language Vocabulary EditPronouns Edit See also Austronesian personal pronouns The Proto Austronesian and Proto Malayo Polynesian personal pronouns below were reconstructed by Robert Blust 2 Proto Austronesian and Proto Malayo Polynesian Pronouns Type of Pronoun English Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian1s I i aku i aku2s you thou i ka Su i kahu3s he she it si ia si ia1p inclusive we and you i k ita i k ita1p exclusive we but not you i k ami i k ami2p you all i kamu i kamu ihu3p they si ida si idaIn 2006 Malcolm Ross also proposed seven different pronominal categories for persons The categories are listed below with the Proto Austronesian first person singular I given as examples 13 Neutral e g PAN i aku Nominative 1 e g PAN aku Nominative 2 e g PAN ku S aku Accusative e g PAN i ak en Genitive 1 e g PAN a ku Genitive 2 e g PAN m aku Genitive 3 e g PAN n aku The following is from Ross 2002 proposal of the Proto Austronesian pronominal system which contains five categories including the free i e independent or unattached free polite and three genitive categories 2 Proto Austronesian Personal Pronouns Free Free polite Genitive 1 Genitive 2 Genitive 31s i aku ku maku n aku2s i Su i ka Su Su miSu ni Su3s s i ia ia n i ia1p excl i ami i k ami mi mami n i ami1p incl i ita i k ita ta mita n ita2p i amu i k amu mu mamu n i amu3p si da da ni daNouns Edit Proto Austronesian vocabulary relating to agriculture and other technological innovations include 2 pajay rice plant beRas husked rice Semay cooked rice qayam bird means domesticated animal in PMP manuk chicken PMP manu manuk means bird babuy pig qaNuaŋ carabao kuden clay cooking pot SadiRi housepost busuR bow panaq flight of an arrow bubu fish trap tulaNi bamboo nose fluteProto Malayo Polynesian innovations include puqun base of a tree origin cause sumpit blowpipe haRezan notched log ladder used to enter pile dwellings taytay bamboo suspension bridge POc tete ladder bridge kaka elder same sex sibling huaji younger same sex sibling naRa brother of a woman betaw sister of a manProto Malayo Polynesian also has several words for house balay house building for public use Rumaq house family dwelling banua land village house country sky heaven hence vanua and whenua as in tangata whenua lepaw granary kamaliR bachelors clubhouse Body parts Body part Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic Proto Polynesianhand qa lima qa lima lima limaleg foot qaqay qaqay waqe waqehead qulu qulu qulu bwatu k qulueye maCa mata mata mataear Caliŋa taliŋa taliŋa taliŋanose mujiŋ ijuŋ isuŋ isumouth ŋusu baqbaq papaq ŋutublood daRaq daRaq draRaq totoliver qaCay qatay qate qatebone CuqelaN tuqelaŋ suri huiskin qaNiC kulit kulit kiliback likud likud muri takuRu tuqabelly tiaN tian kempuŋ tian manawaintestines Cinaqi tinaqi tinaqibreast susu susu susu susu huhushoulder qabaRa qabaRa qa paRa umaneck liqeR liqeR Ruqa liqoR uahair bukeS buhek raun ni qulu lau qulutooth nipen ipen nipen nipon lipon nifoKinship terms Kinship Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic Proto Polynesianperson human being Cau tau taumataq taŋatamother t ina t ina tina tinanafather t ama t ama tama tamanachild aNak anak natu tamaman male ma Ruqanay laki ma Ruqanay mwaRuqane taqanewoman female bahi bahi pine papine fafinehouse Rumaq Rumaq balay banua Rumwaq faleAnimals Edit Common animals Animal Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic Proto Polynesiandog asu asu kulibird qayam qayam manuk 14 manuk manusnake SulaR hulaR nipay mwata ŋatalouse kuCu kutu kutu kutufish Sikan hikan ikan ikachicken manuk Selected animal names 15 No Common name Scientific name Proto Austronesian6845 the Formosan rock monkey Macaca cyclopis luCuŋ7228 deer sp Cervus sp either the sika deer or sambar deer benan7187 Formosan blind mole Talpa insularis mumu709 a dove Ducula spp baRuj7127 omen bird Alcippe spp SiSiN234 termite white ant Isoptera aNay6861 jungle leech Haemadipsa spp matek6862 jungle leech Haemadipsa spp qaNi matekPlants Edit Selected plant names 15 No Common name Scientific name Proto Austronesian8465 bracket fungus Polyporus spp kulaC8795 broomcorn millet Panicum miliaceum baCaR10249 castor bean Ricinus communis katawa10710 elephant grass miscanthus grass Themeda gigantea Caŋelaj6569 Formosan maple Liquidambar formosana daRa 6629 loquat tree and fruit Eriobotrya deflexa Ritu7254 mulberry tree and fruit Morus formosensis taNiud4614 rattan Calamus sp quay6568 soapberry Sapindus mukorossi Sapindus saponaria daqu 7166 stinging nettle Laportea spp laCeŋ4900 sword grass Imperata cylindrica Riaq6689 sword grass Imperata cylindrica Rimeja7070 a hairy vine Pueraria hirsuta baSay484 giant crinum lily spider lily Crinum asiaticum bakuŋ 4039 Caesarweed Congo jute Urena lobata puluC6560 Chinese sumac nutgall tree Rhus semialata beRuS6587 aromatic litsea may chang Litsea cubeba maqaw6630 Indian lettuce Lactuca indica Samaq6630 sow thistle Sonchus oleraceus Samaq6697 a plant Aralia decaisneana tanaq6818 European black nightshade Solanum nigrum SameCi7082 reed Phragmites spp qaReNu7084 a plant Begonia aptera qanus 7418 fireweed burnweed Erechtites spp Sina12731 Chinese elder Sambucus formosana Nayad8455 a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish Derris elliptica tuba7191 a plant sesame Sesamum indicum Samud12683 a small tree bearing round green fruit Ehretia spp kaNawaS611 a thorny vine Smilax spp baNaR619 a thorny vine Smilax spp baNaw4243 fragrant manjack Cordia dichotoma qaNuNaŋ7114 chinaberry tree Melia azedarach baŋaS12726 bishop wood Bischofia javanica CuquR12811 a tree Zelkova formosana teRebeS12773 a tree the Chinese mahogany or Philippine mahogany Shorea maxwelliana buleS6682 a tree the camphor laurel Cinnamomum spp dakeS7233 an evergreen tree Acacia confusa tuquN9776 bamboo Bambusa spinosa kawayan1046 bamboo of very large diameter Dendrocalamus sp betuŋ 6559 banana Musa sapientum beNbeN6693 betel nut nut of Areca catechu Sawiki1223 cane grass Miscanthus sp biRaSu6620 cucumber Cucumis sativus baRat 6621 cultivated taro Colocasia esculenta Cali8750 millet sp Setaria italica zawa 811 millet sp probably foxtail millet Setaria italica beCeŋ3089 plant sp Diospyros discolor kamaya2054 sugarcane Saccharum officinarum CebuS7952 sugarcane Saccharum officinarum tebuS7304 the Japanese cypress Chamaecyparis obtusa baŋun 12687 the Japanese raspberry Rubus parvifolius Rubus taiwanianus RiNuk4722 tree with sticky fruits Cordia spp quNuNaŋ1601 type of slender bamboo Schizostachyum spp buluq 1218 wild taro elephant s ear or itching taro Alocasia spp biRaq Colors and directions Edit Below are colors in reconstructed Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic and Proto Polynesian 2 16 The first three have been reconstructed by Robert Blust while the Proto Polynesian words given below were reconstructed by Andrew Pawley Proto Polynesian displays many innovations not found in the other proto languages Colors Color Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic Proto Polynesianwhite ma puNi ma putiq ma puteq teablack ma CeŋeN ma qitem ma qetom quli quli red ma puteq ma iRaq meRaq kulayellow ma kunij aŋo reŋareŋa felo felo green mataq mataq karakarawa mata The Proto Austronesians used two types of directions which are the land sea axis and the monsoon axis The cardinal directions of north south east and west developed among the Austronesian languages only after contact with the Europeans For the land sea axis upstream uphill and inland as well as downstream downhill and seaward are synonym pairs This has been proposed as evidence that Proto Austronesians used to live on a mainland since the sea would be visible from all angles on small islands 2 daya inland also upstream uphill lahud seaward also downstream downhill SabaRat west monsoon timuR east monsoon qamiS north windIn Kavalan Amis and Tagalog the reflexes of timuR mean south or south wind while in the languages of the southern Philippines and Indonesia it means east or east wind In Ilocano daya and laud respectively mean east and west while in Puyuma ɖaya and ɭauɖ respectively mean west and east 17 This is because the Ilocano homeland is the west coast of northern Luzon while the Puyuma homeland is on the eastern coast of southern Taiwan Among the Bontok Kankanaey and Ifugaw languages of northern Luzon the reflexes of daya mean sky because they already live in some of the highest elevations in the Philippines Blust 2009 301 Also the Malay reflex of lahud is laut which means sea used as directions timur laut means northeast timur east and barat laut means northwest barat west Meanwhile daya only performs in barat daya which means southwest Numerals Edit Below are reconstructed Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic and Proto Polynesian numbers from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database 18 Note that lima five ultimately the root for hand is not found for five in some Formosan languages such as Pazeh Saisiat Luilang Favorlang and Taokas numerals cognate with Proto Malayo Polynesian 6 10 are found in Amis Basay Bunun Kanakanabu Kavalan Paiwan Puyuma Saaroa and Tsou Pazeh Favorlang Saisiat and Taokas reflect RaCep five Laurent Sagart suggests that this was the PAn root replaced by lima in a lineage that lead to the remaining languages rather than the reverse because it seems to be retained in proto Malayo Polynesian in the forms 7 8 9 which appear to be disyllabic contractions of additive phrases attested from some of the western Formosan languages especially Pazeh Pazeh xaseb uza six literally five one xaseb i dusa seven five and two with the bidu cognate with PMP pitu xaseb a turu eight five and three with the baturu cognate with PMP walu xaseb i supat nine five and four with the supa lt PAn Sepat four cognate with PMP Siwa 19 Numerals Number Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic Proto Polynesianone esa isa esa isa sa kai ta sa tai kai tahatwo duSa duha rua ruathree telu telu tolu tolufour Sepat epat pat pati pani faafive RaCep gt lima lima lima limaThe Proto Austronesian language had different sets of numerals for non humans set A and humans set B Blust 2009 279 Cardinal numerals for counting humans are derived from the non human numerals through Ca reduplication This bipartite numeral system is found in Thao Puyuma Yami Chamorro and various other languages however Paiwan uses ma and mane to derive human numerals In many Philippine languages such as Tagalog the two numeral systems are merged Blust 2009 280 281 Basic numerals vs human numerals Number Set A Set B Tagalogone isa isa A two duSa da duSa dalawa B three telu ta telu tatlo B four Sepat Sa Sepat apat B five lima la lima lima A six enem a enem anim B seven pitu pa pitu pito A eight walu wa walu walo A nine Siwa Sa Siwa siyam ten sa puluq sampuProto Austronesian also used Sika to derive ordinal numerals Blust 2009 281 Verbs Edit Below are reconstructed Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic and Proto Polynesian verbs from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Verbs Verb Proto Austronesian Proto Malayo Polynesian Proto Oceanic Proto Polynesianto walk Nakaw lakaw paNaw lako pano fanoto swim Naŋuy naŋuy kakaRu kaukauto know bajaq taqu taqu qiloato think nemnem demdem rodrom manatuto sleep tuduR tuduR turuR moheto stand diRi diRi tuqud tuqur tuquto sew taSiq tahiq zaqit saqit turi tuito die be dead m aCay m atay mate mateto choose piliq piliq piliq filito fly layap layap Rebek Ropok leleMonosyllabic roots EditThe following are monosyllabic Proto Austronesian roots reconstructed by John Wolff Wolff 1999 20 Forms which can be reconstructed as monosyllables with a great deal of certainty baw up above bay woman beg spool wind bit carry in fingers bun fontanelle but pluck out dem think brood gem first hold in fist ɣiq Imperata cylindrica kan eat si kan fish what is eaten with staple pa kan feed weft paN kan eat feed kub kubkub cover over takub cover over in a cupped way where ta is a fossilized prefix lid belit wind bilid wind twist or fold s t over pulid turn round luk concave bend lum ripe nem six nam taste neŋ look stare ŋa agape mouth kaŋa be open as mouth baŋa gap stand open binaŋa lt in baŋa minaŋa mouth of river beŋa be agape buŋa flower paŋa forking ʃaŋa branch pan bait pat four peʃ squeeze deflate pit kepit pinched together pu grandparent child put blow ʃaw wash rinse off dunk ʃay who ʃek stuff fill chock full ʃeŋ stop up ʃep suck ʃuk go in through taw man tay bridge matay die patay dead kill tuk strike peck beak Sequences which are likely or may have been monosyllabic roots but cannot be unequivocally reconstructed baŋ fly bu fish trap buʃ puff blow out not well attested most monosyllables occur in Oceanic languages dan old of things daŋ heat near a fire dem dark cloudy padem extinguish diʃ cut lance ka elder sibling kid file rasp lag spread out belag spread out palag palm of hand qelag wing laŋ placed lengthwise galaŋ wedge s t placed underneath to support halaŋ lie athwart bar be an obstacle leb for water to come over s t lem reflexes variously mean night or darkness lun lulun roll up balun fold over wrap muɣuɣ gargle rinse out mouth monosyllabic status is weak pak make a sound of pak wings from the sound tan set trap taʃ top tuk top summit tun lead on a rope Reconstructed doubled monosyllables phonologically but which cannot be proven to be monosyllabic roots baba carry on back bakbak remove outer layer of skin bark baqbaq mouth banban kind of reed used for mats Donax canniformis bekbek pulverize biɣbiɣ lips lip like growth biŋbiŋ hold guide biʃbiʃ sprinkle buɣ buɣ broken into small pieces bunbun down body hair only in Taiwan and the Philippines probably not PAn dabdab set fire to dakdak slam s t down only in the Philippines dasdas chest debdeb chest diŋdiŋ wall diqdiq boil gapgap feel grope ɣaʃɣaʃ scratched idid move rapidly in small motions e g fan jutjut pull at kaŋkaŋ spread the legs only in the Philippines and western Indonesia bakaŋ bow legged kaqkaq split torn with intestines keŋkeŋ rigid tight kepkep clasp dakep catch ʃikep catch s t moving tight kiskis scrape off kiʃkiʃ grate file kudkud grate rasp scratch out kanuskus fingernail kuʃkuʃ rub scrape laplap flapping loose like skin on newborn only in Paiwan and Philippine languages mekmek fragments neknek gnat fruit fly nemnem think palaqpaq frond pejpej press together ququ crab sapsap grope ʃaʃa collect palm leaves for thatching ʃakʃak beat chop ʃelʃel regret ʃelʃel insert cram in ʃiʃi kind of mollusk ʃikʃik search through thoroughly as for lice ʃuʃu breast teat ʃuɣʃuɣ follow behind ʃuŋʃuŋ go against only in the Philippines and western Indonesia taktak fall drop tamtam smack lips or taste taʃtaʃ rent break thread butaʃ hole ɣetaʃ break through break open teʃteʃ rip open tutu strike waqwaq channel witwit swinging to and fro Sequences which occur as final syllables over a wide area but which cannot be reconstructed as a monosyllabic root buk dabuk ashes dabuk beat to pulp ɣabuk pulverized qabuk dust bun dew mist bun heap stack subun heap pile timbun tabun heap ɣabun fog buq add increase tubuq grow shoot duŋ protect shelter ket deket near jeket stick niket naŋket sticky niket sticky substance siket tie kuŋ bekuŋ arch dekuŋ bent leŋkuŋ bent kup aŋkup put in cupped hands tukup cover kut dakut take in hand ɣakut tie together ʃaŋkut caught on a hook laq telaq kelaq crack or split belaq cleft liŋ baliŋ wind around turn s t around biliŋ turning round giliŋ roll over s t guliŋ roll up paliŋ wind around or turn body liw baliw return go back ʃaliw give in exchange luʃ slip or slippery or smooth naw linaw calm unroiled tiqenaw clear ŋaw baŋaw bedbug laŋaw fly tuŋaw kind of mite causing itch ŋet qaŋet warm ʃeŋet sharp stinger ʃeŋet acrid in smell paɣ be flat dampaɣ lampaɣ dapaɣ lapaɣ be flat sampaɣ mat spread out puŋ cluster bunch taɣ dataɣ flat area See also EditAustronesian personal pronouns Austronesian alignment Fossilized affixes in Austronesian languages Proto Malayo Polynesian language Proto Philippine language Proto Oceanic language Proto Polynesian language Proto Austroasiatic language Proto Hmong Mien language Proto Tibeto Burman language Wiktionary Appendix Cognate sets for Austronesian languagesReferences Edit Blust Robert Australian National University Pacific Linguistics 2013 The Austronesian languages Revised Edition Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University hdl 1885 10191 ISBN 978 1 92218 507 5 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Blust Robert Australian National University Pacific Linguistics 2009 The Austronesian languages Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University ISBN 978 0 85883 602 0 Wolff uses ɬ which in IPA stands for a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative to represent the proto sound which he assumes to have been a palatal lateral ʎ a b Ross Malcolm D Summer 1992 The Sound of Proto Austronesian An Outsider s View of the Formosan Evidence Oceanic Linguistics 31 1 23 64 doi 10 2307 3622965 JSTOR 3622965 Technically this is still part of the S gt h sound change The difference is that the preceding vowel changes as well Francois Alexandre 2010 Phonotactics and the prestopped velar lateral of Hiw Resolving the ambiguity of a complex segment Phonology 27 3 393 434 doi 10 1017 s0952675710000205 S2CID 62628417 Blust R A 2004 t to k An Austronesian Sound Change Revisited Oceanic Linguistics 43 2 365 410 doi 10 1353 ol 2005 0001 S2CID 143013834 Ross Malcolm 2009 Proto Austronesian verbal morphology A reappraisal In Alexander Adelaar and Andrew Pawley eds Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history a festschrift for Robert Blust Canberra Pacific Linguistics Only found in the central and southern Philippines as well as some parts of Borneo and Sulawesi Found in the Formosan languages and possibly also in Cebuano Often found in Oceanic languages Used with insects rainbows storm natural phenomena various plant animal names etc Ross Malcolm 2006 Reconstructing the case marking and personal pronoun systems of Proto Austronesian In Henry Y Chang and Lillian M Huang and Dah an Ho eds Streams Converging into an Ocean Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Jen kuei Li on His 70th Birthday 521 564 Taipei Institute of Linguistics Academia Sinica PMP qayam means domesticated animal PMP manuk means domesticated fowl chicken and PMP manu manuk means bird a b Blust Robert Trussel Stephen April 25 2020 Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition Retrieved May 1 2020 Pawley Andrew Proto Oceanic and Proto Polynesian Reconstructions for Modified Swadesh 200 Meaning List Without Supporting Cognate Sets Unpublished list 2009 Archived from the original on 2017 04 13 Cauquelin Josiane 1991 Dictionnaire Puyuma Francais Paris Ecole francaise d Extreme Orient Austronesian 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