Babuza language

Babuza
Native to	Taiwan
Region	central Taiwan
Ethnicity	35 Babuza, Taokas [1]
Extinct	2000s [2]
Revival	2020 [3]
Language family	Austronesian Western Plains Formosan Central Babuza
Early form	Favorlang?
Dialects	Poavosa Taokas
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
Babuza is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [4]

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

• Favorlang language

References

1. Lewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2016). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (19th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
2. Babuza at MultiTree on the Linguist List
3. Han, Cheung (1 July 2020). "Reviving a Language on the Page". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
4. 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.