Papora-Hoanya language explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ppu Ethnologue