Babuza language
Formosan language of the Babuza and Taokas, indigenous peoples of Taiwan
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| Babuza | |
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| Native to | Taiwan |
| Region | central Taiwan |
| Ethnicity | 35 Babuza, Taokas[1] |
| Extinct | 2000s[2] |
| Revival | 2020[3] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Early form | Favorlang? |
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Writing system | Latin script |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academia Sinica |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bzg (with Favorlang) |
Linguist List | bzg |
| Glottolog | babu1240 |
 (orange) The Babuza, Papora-Hoanya, and Thao languagese | |
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Babuza is a Formosan language of the Babuza and Taokas, indigenous peoples of Taiwan. It is related to or perhaps descended from Favorlang, attested from the 17th century.
Babuza was once spoken along much of the western coast of Taiwan. Its two rather divergent dialects, Poavosa and the extinct Taokas, were separated by Papora and Pazeh.
The first commercial publication to be written in Taokas is the picture book Osubalaki, Balalong Ramut, published in 2020.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2016). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (19th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ^ Babuza at MultiTree on the Linguist List
- ^ a b Han, Cheung (1 July 2020). "Reviving a Language on the Page". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 51.
Resources
Dictionary
- Happart, Gilbertus (1840) [1650]. Dictionary of the Favorlang Dialect of the Formosan Language. Medhurst, W. H. Batavia.
Babuza language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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