Babuza language
| Babuza | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Taiwan |
| Ethnicity | 35 Babuza, Taokas (no date)[1] |
| Extinct | down to 3–4 by 2000[1] |
Early form | |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bzg (with Favorlang) |
| Glottolog | babu1240 |
 (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
References
- ^ a b Babuza at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
Resources
Dictionary
- Happart, Gilbertus (1840) [1650]. Written at Batavia. Dictionary of the Favorlang dialect of the Formosan language. Medhurst, W. H. Parapattan.
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