Babuza language

{{Short description|Formosan language of the Babuza and Taokas, indigenous peoples of Taiwan}}

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{{Infobox language

| name = Babuza

| states = Taiwan

| region = central Taiwan

| ethnicity = 35 Babuza, Taokas{{ethnologue19}}

| extinct = 2000s

| ref = linglist

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Western Plains Formosan

| fam3 = Central

| ancestor = Favorlang?

| dia1 = Poavosa

| dia2 = Taokas

| iso3 = bzg

| linglist = bzg

| glotto = babu1240

| glottorefname = Babuza

| iso3comment = (with Favorlang)

| map = Formosan languages.png

| mapcaption = (orange) The Babuza, Papora-Hoanya, and Thao languagese

| map2 = Lang Status 01-EX.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Babuza is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}{{cite report |title=Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |publisher=UNESCO |edition=3rd |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000187026 |date=2010 |page=51}}

| revived = 2020{{Cite news |last=Han |first=Cheung |date=1 July 2020 |title=Reviving a Language on the Page |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2020/07/01/2003739148 |access-date=1 July 2020 |work=Taipei Times}}

| agency = Academia Sinica

| script = Latin script

}}

Babuza is a Formosan language of the Babuza and Taokas, indigenous peoples of Taiwan. It is related to or perhaps descended from Favorlang, attested from the 17th century.

Babuza was once spoken along much of the western coast of Taiwan. Its two rather divergent dialects, Poavosa and the extinct Taokas, were separated by Papora and Pazeh.

The first commercial publication to be written in Taokas is the picture book Osubalaki, Balalong Ramut, published in 2020.