Nobuharu SATO

Last Updated :2026/04/10

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
nsatohiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2004/06/06, Capital Normal University, Chima, Visiting Professor
  • 2007/04/01, 2012/03/31, Hiroshima University, Beijing Research CenterAssociate, Proffesor
  • 2014/04/01, 2019/03/31, Beijing Research center, Director
  • 2012/04/01, 2017/03/31, Beijing Research Center, Professor
  • 2012/10/01, Center for Chinese Studies, Hiroshima University, Director
  • 2019/04/01, 2022/03/31, Mongolia Research Center, Directer

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., Hiroshima University
  • Master of Arts, Osaka University of Foreign Studies

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Linguistics;Linguistics

Research Keywords

  • Linguistics
  • the Mongolian Languages
  • Baoan Language
  • Endangered Language

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Linguistic Society of Japan
  • The Japanese Association for Mongolian Studies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Tutorial II
  2. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Contrastive Studies of Japanese and Chinese Expressions
  3. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Academic approach to SDGs - A
  4. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Academic approach to SDGs - A
  5. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Area Studies on Education in Asia and Africa
  6. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Education for Ethno-Languages
  7. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Special Study (April 2026 Master's Students)
  8. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Special Study (October 2026 Master's Students)
  9. 2026, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Special Study (April 2026 Doctoral Students)
  10. 2026, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Special Study (October 2026 Doctoral Students)

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Copulas and Existential Verbs Gasar Bonan, Mongolian Studies, 5, 9-25, 20250731
  2. The Event Construal in the Jishishan Bonan Language, Mongolian Studies, 4, 28-43, 20230331
  3. On the Gratitude Expression jiolgheji in Jishishan Bonan Language, Mongolian Studies, 24-30, 202103
  4. The Mongolian Verbs: tOr- and tOrUUl- "give birth" -Expressions Concerning Persons-, MONGOLIAN STUDIES, 3, 1-15, 2022
  5. The Third Person Pronouns in Jishishan Bonan Language, Mongolian Studies, 1-10, 202003
  6. How Japanese Infants and Elementary School Students Exposed to Japanese Compound Verbs ? Journal of Japanese Language Study and Research, Journal of Japanese Language Study and Research, 3, 55-59, 2011
  7. Bonan Folktale “Carpenter and His Wife” and Its Analogues. Comparative Study of Language and Culture, Comparative Study of Language and Culture, 58-67, 2014
  8. Adverb of Degree moGle and ge in the Jishishan Dialect of Bonan Language., Northwest Ethno-National Studies, 4, 188-191, 2010
  9. Inclusive / Exclusive Distinction in Bonan Language. Studies in East Asian Languages, Studies in East Asian Languages, 46-55, 2009
  10. Deixis in Jishishan Bonan Language., Studies in East Asian Languages, 1-11, 2008
  11. Dadun Bonan ge Developed from Numeral "one", Journal of International Development and Cooperation, 14(1), 27-44, 2007
  12. Clitic mu in the Jishishan Bonan Language. Studies in East Asian Languages, Studies in East Asian Languages, 1-13, 2014
  13. Inclusive / Exclusive in Jishishan Bonan Language, HIROHSIMA UNIVERSITY Bulletin of the Center for Chinese Studies, 9-27, 2016

Publications such as books

  1. 2016/04, Bonan-Chinese Dictionary, MINZUCHUBANSHE, 2016, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 中国語, 9787105142965
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  2. 2015, Bonan-English Dictionary, IPA Version, Center for Chinese Studies, Hiroshima University, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Chinese
  3. 2015, Bonan Ethnic Culture - Bonan Swords, Center for Chinese Studies, Hiroshima University, Scholarly Book, Single work
  4. 2011, Text in Jishishan Bonan Language, Hakuteisha, Scholarly Book, Single work, 978-4863980570
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  5. 1996/02, Material: Amdo Tibetan Loanwords in Dahejia Bonan Language, 1996, 02, Single work, 58

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The Historic and Social Meaning of the Dialect Differences, 2023 International Conference on Multi-Field Linguistics, 2023/06/17, With Invitation, Japanese, Zhejiang International Studies University
  2. Third Person Pronouns in Jishishan Bonan Language, The Program for the 155th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, 2017/11/25, Without Invitation, Japanese
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  3. How do Jishishan Bonan speakers construe events ?, SATO NObuharu, SATO NObuharu, The Program for the 153rd Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, 2016/12/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, published
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  4. Issues on the description of Bonan language: with a focus on Jishishan dialect, SATO Nobuharu, ILCAA Joint Research Project Studies on Mongolic languages in Hexi corridor based on published material, 2016/08/06, Without Invitation, Japanese, ILCAA Joint Research Project Studies on Mongolic languages in Hexi corridor based on published, ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
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  5. Inclusive and Exclusive in Jishishan Bonan Language, 147th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, 2013/11/23, Without Invitation, Japanese
  6. Existence verbs vi/vɑ in the Jishishan dialect of the Bonan, 137th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, 2008/11/29, Without Invitation, Japanese

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI, 2016, 2018
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  2. KAKENHI, A Field Study of the Jishishan Bonan Language Endangered, 2012, 2014
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  3. KAKENHI, A New Approach to Buddhist Narrative Stories as Pan-East-Asian Culture, 2011, 2013
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  4. KAKENHI, A Field Study of the Jishishan Bonan Language Endangered, 2006, 2008
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  5. KAKENHI, 2000, 2001
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  6. KAKENHI, 1995, 1995
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