Basay

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A language of Taiwan

ISO 639-3
byq
Alternate Names
Basai, Basay-Trobiawan, Kawanuwan, Ketangalan, Sprache von Formosa
User Population

No known L1 speakers (Liu 2007). The last fluent speaker probably died by the 1910s.

Location

New Taipei Municipality.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, East Formosan, Northern
Dialects

Trobiawan, Linaw-Qauqaul.

Language Development

Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Basay
Other Comments

Sinicized. Older people remember a few words.