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Extinct Formosan language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Favorlang is an extinct Formosan language closely related to Babuza.
Although Favorlang is considered by Taiwanese linguist Paul Jen-kuei Li to be a separate language, it is nevertheless very closely related to Babuza. In fact, the name Favorlang is derived from Babuza.[1] Alternatively, Favorlang may also have represented a dialect of Babuza at an earlier stage, since Favorlang was documented in the mid-17th century, while Babuza was documented only around the turn of the 20th century by Japanese linguists.[2]
Favorlang has gone through the following sound changes. Except for the *t, *s, *Z > /t/ merger, all of these sound changes are shared by the five Western Plains languages Taokas, Babuza, Papora, Hoanya, and Thao.[3]
Favorlang data sources are:[4]
Case markers include:[5]
Agent-focus verbal affixes include:[6]
Non-agent-focus verbal affixes are:[6]
When -in- and -umm- appear together in a word, -in- usually precedes -um- ~ -umm-, as in Ilokano, Bontok, and some Dusunic languages in Sabah (Rungus Dusun and Kimaragang Dusun). Occasionally, -umm- precedes -in- in several Favorlang lexical forms, but this is not very common.
All of the following personal pronouns are free forms. All genitive pronouns end with -a.
Type of Pronoun |
Neutral | Genitive | Nominative/Accusative |
---|---|---|---|
1s. | ka-ina | na-a | ina |
2s. | ijonoë | joa, oa | ijo |
3s. | icho | choa | icho |
1p. (incl.) | torro | torroa | – |
1p. (excl.) | namono | namoa | namo |
2p. | imonoë | imoa | imo |
3p. | aicho-es dechonoë | choa | decho |
Namoa tamau tamasea paḡa de boesum,
Ipádassa joa naan.
Ipáṣaija joa chachimit o ai.
Ipa-i-jorr'o oa airab maibas de boesum, masini de ta channumma.
Epé-e namo-no pia-dai torro uppo ma-atsikap.
Ṣo-o abó-e namo tataap o kakossi namoa,
maibas channumma namo mabo tamasea parapies i namo.
Hai pásabas i namo, ṣo-o barra'i namo innai rapies ai.
Inau joa micho chachimit o ai, ṣo-o barr'o ai, ṣo-o adas ai, taulaulan,
Amen.
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