Pazeh language

Pazeh–Kaxabu
Pazih, Pazéh
Native toTaiwan
EthnicityPazeh people, Kaxabu people
Extinct2010, with the death of Pan Jin-yu (Pazeh)
12 (2013, Kaxabu dialect)
Revival2010s
Dialects
  • Pazeh
  • Kaxabu
Language codes
ISO 639-3pzh
Glottologpaze1234
ELPPazeh-Kaxabu
(pink, northwest) Saisiyat, Pazeh and Kulon. Some Chinese-language sources designate the white area in the northwest as a Kulon area, as opposed to the small pink circle on this map.

Pazeh (also spelled Pazih, Pazéh) and Kaxabu are dialects of a language of the Pazeh and Kaxabu, neighboring Taiwanese indigenous peoples. The language is Formosan, of the Austronesian language family. The last remaining native speaker of the Pazeh dialect died in 2010, but 12 speakers of Kaxabu remain.