Babuza language

E138021

The Babuza language is an endangered Austronesian language once spoken by the Babuza people in western Taiwan and classified among the Formosan languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Formosan language
associatedEthnicity Babuza people
classification Austronesian > Formosan
continent Asia
country Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
culturalRole traditional language of the Babuza people
currentUse very limited or no everyday use
documentation known mainly from wordlists and limited descriptions
documentationLanguage primarily described by linguists in English
endangermentStatus endangered
eraOfDecline 20th century
extinctionRisk high
historicalRegion western coastal plains of Taiwan
ISO639Status no ISO 639-3 code (as of 2024)
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageShiftTo Hakka
Taiwan under Japanese rule
surface form: Japanese (during Japanese rule of Taiwan)

Taiwanese Hokkien
Mandarin Chinese
surface form: Taiwanese Mandarin
linguisticArea Formosan languages of western Taiwan
region Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
relatedTo other Formosan Austronesian languages
spokenBy Babuza people
spokenIn western Taiwan
status moribund
severely endangered
subfamily Formosan languages
type indigenous language of Taiwan
writingSystem Latin script (in modern linguistic descriptions)

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Formosan languages majorSubgroupIncludes Babuza language