Babuza language

Babuza
Spoken in	Taiwan
Ethnicity	Babuza, Taokas
Native speakers	3–4  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Northern Formosan Western Plains Babuza
Dialects	Poavosa Taokas (extinct)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bzg
(orange) The Babuza, Papora-Hoanya, and Thao languages

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 16th century.

Babuza was once spoken along much of the western coast of Taiwan. Its two rather divergent dialects, Poavosa and extinct Taokas, were separated by Papora and Pazeh.

See also

• Favorlang language

External links

• Dictionary: Dictionary of the Favorlang dialect of the Formosan language, by Gilbertus Happart (1650), translated from Dutch to English by W. H. Medhurst (1840).