魯凱語文法()為基於魯凱語之文法。在文法的分類上台灣南島語言並不同於一般的分析語或其它综合语裡的動詞、名詞、形容詞、介詞和副詞等之基本詞類分類。比如台灣南島語裡普遍沒有副詞，而副詞的概念一般以動詞方式呈現、可稱之為「副動詞」，類之於俄语裡的副動詞。 對於數、格(附著)及时态改變時語詞的變化。魯凱語只有代詞本身會依格位之不同而進行变格運作。謂語本身不會依人称、数、性之變化而進行变位運作；而是基於已然語氣及非已然語氣、以主事(AF)及非主事(NAF)的觀點結合時體氣語詞(TAM/TMA/動貌詞)，再配合謂語的时态、体、式進行形態變化來運作。

基本的文法分類是將魯凱語詞類之詞綴、字詞結構及分類法，對比分析語等之詞類分類法加以條析判別。

詞彙與構詞

構詞方法
基本上萬山魯凱語音節採用一種基本的(C)V 構詞，通常詞構有2到4個音節(Zeitoun 2007)。有4種構詞程序。

加詞綴(affixation)
語根修飾(stem modification)
重複詞(reduplication/RED)
複合詞(compounding)

下列重複範式是產生在霧台魯凱語裡：

重複名詞語根
N + RED '大量'
N(數詞、或時段) + RED '延長一陣子...'

重複動詞語根
V + RED '繼續，繼續做，重複做'
V + RED '未來式'
V (靜態詞) + RED '強烈，比較大'

在霧台魯凱語裡，附著式的語根重覆能夠被用來產生若干基本的名詞及動詞，比如：'打雷'、'山' ，以及 '刮擦'。

詞綴
下列為萬山魯凱語的詞綴來自齊莉莎(Zeitoun 2007)。

a- 'when'
a- (action/state nominalization)
a- 'plural'
-a 'beyond (in time or space)'
-a 'irrealis'
-a 'imperative'
-ae (state nominalization)
a- ... -ae; allomorph: ... -ae (objective nominalization; negative imperative)
amo- 'will'
-ane (meaning unknown; used on verbs to insult someone)
-a-nga 'imperative' (mild requests)
apaa- 'reciprocal causative' (dynamic verbs)
apano- 'like to, prone to, have a tendency to'
apa'a 'reciprocal causative' (stative verbs)
apa'ohi- 'split (causative form)'
-ci 'snivel'
dh- 'invisible'
i- 'at'
-i 'irrealis'
-i- ... -e (marking of the oblique case on personal and impersonal pronouns)
-ka 'predicative negation'
ka- 'in fact, indeed, actually'
ka- ... -ae 'genuine, real, original'
kala- ... -ae 'temporal nominalization'
kapa ~ kama- 'continuously'
kapa ... -nga 'all, every'
ki- 'modal negation'
ki- ... -ae 'whose'
k<in>-a- ... -ae 'more and more'
la- 'plural'
la-ma'a- 'reciprocal'
-lo 'plural' (demonstrative pronouns)
m- (dynamic (finite and subjunctive) verbs; alternates with k-, p-, or Ø in its non-finite form)
ma- (stative (finite and subjunctive) verbs; alternates with ka- in its non-finite form)
ma- ... -le (forms 'tens')
ma-Ca- 'reciprocity' (dynamic (finite and subjunctive) verbs; alternates with pa-Ca; Ca refers to the reduplication of the first consonant)
maa- 'reciprocity' (dynamic (finite and subjunctive) verbs; alternates with paa)
maa- ... -e (~ paa- ... -e; maa- (dual reciprocal) + -e (meaning unknown))
maaraka- 'each/both'
maatali- ... -le/-lo '(a number of) floors'
maka- 'finish'
maka- ... -le/-lo (~ paka- ... -le/-lo) 'up to N-/for N- days/months/years'
maka'an- (attaches only to aleve 'below' and lrahalre 'above')
makini- ... -(a)e (~ pakini- ... -(a)e) 'all'
mali- (~ pali) 'along'
ma'ohi (~ pa'ohi) 'split'
m-o- (~ o-) 'holds X's ritual (where X = household name)' (attaches to household names to form dynamic verbs)
m-o- (~ o-) 'toward'
mo- 'anti-causative'
m-ore (~ ore-) 'perform'
mota'a- (~ ota'a-) 'raise'
n- 'visible'
-na 'still'
naa- 'continuously'
-nae 'place where'
-nae 'time when'
-nga 'already'
-nga 'superlative'
ni- 'counterfactuality (irrealis)'
ni- ... -a 'concessive'
o- 'dynamic / finite / realis / active'
o- ... -e 'dress well' (derives verbs from nouns)
o-ara- 'only' (attached to verbs)
o-ka'a- ... -le/-lo (~ ko'a- ... -le/-lo) 'a number of )recipients'
om- (~ m- / ~ Ø) 'dynamic / finite / realis / active'
o-tali (~ tali- / ~ toli) 'wrap up, pack up'
o-tali (~ tali-) 'made of'
o-tara- (~ tara-) 'a number of months / years'
taro- (doublet form: tao-) 'group of persons in movement'
o-ta'i- (~ ta'i-) 'precede'
o-'ara- (~ 'ara-) 'early'
pa- 'causative'
pa- 'every N-times'
paori 'stick to, think about'
pa'a- ... -ae '(what is) left'
pe- 'forbiddance (?)'
pi- 'local causative'
po- 'causative of movement'
po- 'bear, grow N' (attaches to nouns)
saka- 'external'
samori- 'keep on ... -ing' (attaches only to the root kane 'to eat')
sa'api- 'prone to, inclined to'
so- 'tribute'
ta- (subjective nominalization)
ta- 'inalienability' (kinship and color terms)
ta- ... -(a)e 'place where'
ta- ... -ae 'time when'
ta- ... -n-ae (forms derived locative nominal)
taka- 'a number of persons'
tako- 'while'
tala- 'container' (?; found only with the root ove'eke)
tali- 'belong to'
ta'a- 'with (a group of persons)'
ta'a- ... -le/-lo 'measure with an extended arm' (bound numerals)
to- 'do, make, produce, build'
toka- ... -(a)e 'use ... for, by ... -ing'
to'a- 'use ... to, for'
'a- 'instrument/manner nominalizer'
'a- ... -e 'have a lot of'
'aa- 'turn into'
'aka- 'Nth' (ordinal prefix 'a- + stative marker ka- (non-finite form))
'ako- (doublet form: 'ako- ... -ae) 'speak (out)'
'ako- 'barely, a little'
'ako- ... -le 'say a number of times'
'ako- ... -nga 'more'
'ali- 'from (in time or space)' (<  'aliki '(come) from')
'ano- 'walk, ride, take'
'ano- 'unknown meaning' (only attaches to stative roots)
'ano-Ca- 'along/with a number of persons (in movement)' (attaches to bound numeral forms and certain other roots)
'ano- ... -ae 'entirely, completely, cease, alleviate'
'ao- ... -le/-lo 'the Nth time' (ordinal prefix 'a- + 'o- ... -le/-lo 'a number of times')
'apaka- ... -le/-lo 'the Nth day' (ordinal prefix 'a- + paka- ... -le/-lo 'up to/for a number of days / months / years)
'api- 'like ... -ing'
'a-po- 'as a result of'
'apo- 'come out'
'asa- ... -ae 'what's the use of'
'asi- (meaning unknown; found only once in the word 'work')
'i- 'passive'
'i- 'verbalizer' (from nouns; polysemous prefix). Semantic core of 'i-N is 'get, obtain-N', although it can also be glossed as 'get, harvest, gather, look after, bear, have for, kill, etc.'
'i- 'put on, wear' (derives verbs from nouns)
'ia- ... ae 'because of, out of'
'ini- 'movement toward'
'ini- 'cross'
'ini- 'consume'
'ini-Ca- '(one)self' (reflexive)
'ini- ... -ae 'pretend'
'ini- ... (-ae) 'behave like, look like' (derived from  'inilrao 'resemble')
'ira- 'for' (derived from  'iraki '(do) for')
'o- 'take off'
'o- ... -le/-lo 'a number of times' (attaches to bound numerals)
'o- ... -le/-lo 'measure' (must be followed by certain words to indicate a measure with the hand, foot, ruler, etc.)
'o-tali 'unpack'

下列霧台魯凱語詞綴參考自(Comparative Austronesian Dictionary 1995)。

名詞詞綴
ka- ... -anə + N 'something real or genuine
ko- + Pronoun 'nominative'
moasaka- + N (numeral) 'ordinal'
sa- ... anə + V 'instrument, tool'
sa- + N 'some body parts'
ta- ... -anə + N 'location, time'
ta-ra + N 'agentive, a person specialised in...'

動詞詞綴
-a- + V 'realis'
-a + V 'imperative'
ki- + N 'to gather, to collect, to harvest'
ki- + V 'dative-focus, involuntary action'
ko- + N 'to remove, to peel'
ko- + V 'intransitive, patient-focus'
ma- + V 'mutual, reciprocal'
maa- + V 'stative'
mo- + N 'to discharge, remove'
mo- + V '(to go) self-motion, non-causative'
ŋi- + V 'to act or to move in a certain direction or manner'
ŋo- + N 'to ride'
pa- + V 'causative'
si- + V (bound stem) 'verbal prefix'
si- + N 'to wear, to carry, to possess'
so- + N 'to spit, to clean, to give out'
to- + N 'to make, produce, bring forth'
θi + N 'to release'
w- + V 'agent-focus, verbal prefix'

詞類類別
齊莉莎(Zeitoun 2007)將萬山魯凱語分為11類語詞：

名詞
動詞
代名詞

指示詞
數詞
副詞

片語要素
句子要素
句子間要素

驚嘆詞
感嘆詞

功能詞
下列萬山魯凱語功能詞來自齊莉莎(Zeitoun 2007)。

la – 和、與
mani – 然後、接著

基本句型及詞序
不像大多數其它台灣南島語言，魯凱語為主賓格語言、而不是典型的焦點系統之作格語言形式 (Zeitoun 2007)。魯凱語也是台灣南島語裡唯一「沒有焦點系統」的語言。 於語言的演進上、如果沒有焦點()則往往會往「主賓格語言(AS-O)」的方向發展，不過有時「對格語言」也會含有「部份作格性(A-SO)」的現象或則反之亦然。總結在

萬山魯凱語有兩種句型(Zeitoun 2007)：

名詞化
動詞化

補語化採用4種策略(Zeitoun 2007)：

零策略(zero strategy，比如：並列補語)
動詞連續化(verb serialization)
名物化(nominalization)
使役動詞化(causativization)

限定受詞在主動及被動句子裡均可作主題。

格位標記、句法關係及代名詞系統

代名詞系統
魯凱語代詞有人稱代詞，指示代詞等。且人稱代詞也兼具有格位標記之功能。台灣南島語除鄒語及巴宰語等之外，絕大多數無第3人稱(單複數)主格附著格式。 下列代名詞表來自齊莎莉(Zeitoun 1997)。 要注意的是萬山魯凱語經常使用附著式。

動詞
下列為萬山魯凱語的動詞詞綴來自齊莎莉(Zeitoun 2007)。

動態動詞：o-；較稀少的表示為 om- and m-
靜態動詞：ma-
否定前綴：ki-
使役式：pa-
ʔini-Ca- "(一個人)自身"
mati- "好的…"
k-in-a ... aə "…較多"
ʔako- "勉強地，僅僅"
ka- "事實上"
mata ... aə "確切地"

參見

原住民族語能力認證
原住民族語言書寫系統 (中華民國)
族語新聞
原住民族電視台

註釋

參考文獻

沈家煊,"名詞和動詞"(Of Noun and Verb),北京商務印書館,2016年6月. ISBN 978-7-100-11363-2
 Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2007. A grammar of Mantauran (Rukai). Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series A4-2. xviii + 551 pp. ISBN 978-986-01-1219-1
Elizabeth Zeitoun(齊莉莎),"萬山魯凱語語法",中央研究院語言學研究所,November 30/2007.ISBN 978-986-01-1219-1
齊莉莎(Elizabeth Zeitoun)/林惠娟,"不要忘記咱們萬山的故事：過去的回憶",中央研究院語言學研究所,November 30/2007.ISBN 957-01-5587-6
齊莉莎,"魯凱語萬山方言名物化結構探究(Nominalization in Mantauran (Rukai))",中央研究院語言學研究所,(3:1附冊期),2002-01.
帥德樂,"南島語的「焦點屈折」是詞彙衍生：名物化的證據(Austronesian ‘Focus’ as Derivation: Evidence from Nominalization)",中央研究院語言學研究所,(3:1附冊期),pp.427-479,2002-01.

外部連結

中研院語言所<語言暨語言學>期刊目錄
台灣語言學學會 
臺灣原住民族網路學院

TITV Sinbung
臺灣原住民族語言學習 
原住民族族語線上詞典 
Ogawa's Vocabulary of Formosan Dialects/小川尚義「臺灣蕃語蒐録」
Austronesian Comparative Dictionary 
原住民族語言研究發展中心 
Alilin 原住民族電子書城 

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