Babuza language explained

Babuza
States:Taiwan
Region:central Taiwan
Ethnicity:35 Babuza, Taokas
Extinct:2000s
Ref:linglist
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Western Plains Formosan
Fam3:Central
Ancestor:Favorlang?
Dia1:Poavosa
Dia2:Taokas
Iso3:bzg
Linglist:bzg
Glotto:babu1240
Glottorefname:Babuza
Iso3comment:(with Favorlang)
Map:Formosan languages.png
Mapcaption:(orange) The Babuza, Papora-Hoanya, and Thao languagese
Map2:Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Mapcaption2:[1]
Revived:2020[2]
Agency:Academia Sinica
Script:Latin script

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger . UNESCO . 3rd . 2010 . 51.
  2. News: Han . Cheung . 1 July 2020 . Reviving a Language on the Page . 1 July 2020 . Taipei Times.