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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Taiwan > Basay

Basay

An extinct language of Taiwan

ISO 639-3byq

Population  Extinct.
Region  North, Tam Shui to Kungliao area, Fengtzulin, Taipei, Sangchung, and northeast Suao and east of Ilan area.
Alternate names   Basai, Kawanuwan
Dialects  Trobiawan, Linaw-Qauqaul.
Classification  Austronesian, East Formosan, Northern
Language development  Grammar.
Comments  Sinicized. Older people can remember a few words.