Papora-Hoanya | |
States: | Taiwan |
Ethnicity: | Papora, Hoanya |
Extinct: | ? |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Western Plains Formosan |
Fam3: | Central |
Iso3: | ppu |
Linglist: | ppu.html |
Glotto: | papo1239 |
Glottorefname: | Papora-Hoanya |
Dia1: | Papora |
Dia2: | Hoanya |
Map: | Formosan languages.png |
Mapcaption: | (orange) The Papora-Hoanya, Babuza, and Thao languages |
The Sinicized Papora and Hoanya dialects constituted a Formosan language of Taiwan. They were spoken across the middle western side of the island, around Lishui, Chingshui, Shalu, and inland to Taichung.[1]
Papora is also spelled Papola, Bupuran, Vupuran; another name is Hinapavosa.