Papora-Hoanya language

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Papora-Hoanya language

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Papora-Hoanya
Spoken in Taiwan
Ethnicity Papora, Hoanya
Extinct (date unknown)
Language family
Austronesian
Dialects
Papora
Hoanya
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ppu
Formosan languages.png
(orange) The Papora-Hoanya, Babuza, and Thao languages

The Sinicized Papora and Hoanya dialects constituted a Formosan language of Taiwan. They were spoken across the middle western side of the island, around Lishui, Chingshui, Shalu, and inland to Taichung.

Papora is also spelled Papola, Bupuran, Vupuran; another name is Hinapavosa.

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