Favorlang language

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. 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.

Phonology

Favorlang has gone through the following sound changes. Except for the *t, *s, *Z > merger, all of these sound changes are shared by the five Western Plains languages Taokas, Babuza, Papora, Hoanya, and Thao.

Merger of PAn *n and *ŋ as
Merger of *t, *s, *Z as
Merger of *N and *S₁ as
Complete loss of *k, *q, *H
Partial loss of *R, *j, including the loss of final *-y and *-w
*s >

Syntax

Case markers include:

ja 'nominative marker'
ta 'personal name marker'
o, no 'oblique '
i 'oblique '
de 'locative'
i 'directional'

Agent-focus verbal affixes include:
;Agent-focus

-um- ~ -umm- or um- ~ umm-
-im-, -em-
m-
p-

;Past tense

-in-umm-, in-umm
m-in-
-in-

;Future tense

Reduplication of the first stem syllable

;Imperative

-a

Non-agent-focus verbal affixes are:

-an 'locative focus'
-en, -in, -n 'patient focus'
ipa-... -a 'imperative '
-in-, in- 'past tense '
ino- 'future tense '

When -in- and -umm- appear together in a word, -in- usually precedes -um- ~ -umm-, as in Ilokano, Bontok, and some Dusunic languages in Sabah. Occasionally, -umm- precedes -in- in several Favorlang lexical forms, but this is not very common.

Pronouns

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.	torro	torroa	–
1p.	namono	namoa	namo
2p.	imonoë	imoa	imo
3p.	aicho-es dechonoë	choa	decho

Examples

Favorlang	Translation
Namoa tamau tamasea paga de boesum, ipa-dass-a joa naan.	Our father, which art in Heaven, let Thy Name be praised!
Ka-ina paga ta Jehova oa Deosoe, tamasea pina-ijor ijo....	I am the Lord, thy God, who led thee....

;The Lord's Prayer
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.