ISO 639-3 · byqbyq
Austronesian family · extinct or historical language
Basay
Basay is an extinct or historical language of the East Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata describes it as “extinct Formosan language of northern Taiwan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
byq- Glottocode
basa1287- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Basay |
|---|---|
| Also called | byq, Basay language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Extinct
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Basay
The branches above Basay, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Taiwan
zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · DevelopingcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingcpxPu-Xian MinSino-Tibetan · 2.5 m5 · DevelopinghnmHainaneseSino-Tibetan · 1.1 mpwnPaiwanAustronesian · 96,0005 · Developing