Basay language
E157188
The Basay language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by indigenous peoples in northern Taiwan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basay language canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ketagalan language
ⓘ
Qauqaut-Basay ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Malayo-Polynesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian
|
| causeOfLanguageShift |
shift to Japanese (during Japanese rule)
ⓘ
shift to Mandarin Chinese ⓘ shift to Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Amis language
ⓘ
Kavalan language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| culturalAssociation | northern plains indigenous groups of Taiwan ⓘ |
| documentedIn | wordlists by early missionaries and linguists ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusBeforeExtinction | severely endangered ⓘ |
| extinction | 20th century ⓘ |
| Glottocode | basa1280 ⓘ |
| GlottologName | Basay ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | yes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Austronesian alignment
ⓘ
focus system ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticAlignment | Austronesian voice system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive stops and nasals
ⓘ
vowel length distinctions (reported) ⓘ |
| hasReconstruction | partially reconstructed from field notes ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulation | no known native speakers remaining ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalProfile | head-initial word order (Austronesian-type) ⓘ |
| historicalCommunity |
Basay people
ⓘ
Ketagalan people ⓘ Qauqaut people ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | byq ⓘ |
| isPartOf | cultural heritage of indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Formosan languages of northern Taiwan ⓘ |
| region |
northern Taiwan
ⓘ
surface form:
Taipei Basin
northeastern Taiwan coast ⓘ |
| researchField |
Austronesian studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ |
| spokenIn | northern Taiwan ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formosan languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Formosan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
East Formosan languages
|
| usedUntil | early 1900s (approximate) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for linguistic transcription) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.