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Name: Bunun

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Bunti; Vonun; Bunan; Bubukun; Vunum; Vunun; Vunung; Bunum; Sprache von Formosa

Spoken in: Taiwan, China

Number of speakers: 38,000 (2002 Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan, ROC). Ethnic population: 37,989 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 10000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 37989 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: bnn

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Austronesian

Parent Subgroup: Bunun (jhtu)

Child Dialects: North Bunun; Takitudu; Taketodo; Takebakha; Takibakha (bnn-nor) Tondai (bnn-ton) Central Bunun; Takbanuao; Takivatan; Takevatan (bnn-cen) Randai (bnn-ran) Shibukun; Sibukun; Sibukaun; Sibucoon; Sivukun (bnn-shi) Takopulan (bnn-tak) South Bunun; Ishbukun (bnn-sou)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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