Pazeh

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A language of Taiwan

ISO 639-3
pzh
Alternate Names
Bazehai, Kulon-Pazeh, Pazeh-Kahabu, Pazeh-Kaxabu, Pazehe, Pazih, Pazzehe, Sprache von Formosa
Autonym
Pazeh
User Population

2 (Jen-kuei Li 2013). Pazeh dialect is extinct. Only known speakers use Kaxabu dialect (Jen-kuei Li 2013). Ethnic population: 6,000 (2021 S. Yu-Hsiang Pan).

Location

Miaoli and Nantou counties, Taichung City.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Northwest Formosan
Dialects

Pazeh (Pazih), Kaxabu (Kahabu, Kakabu). Last speaker of the Pazeh dialect, Pan Jin-Yu, died in 2010.

Typology

VOS, SVO.

Language Use

Elderly only. Shifted to Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Pazeh
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Sinicized.