Basay

extinct Formosan language of northern Taiwan
Language language Q716647
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Summary

Basay is a language[1]. Basay ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basay is in the country of Taiwan[3].
  • Basay's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Basay's instance of is recorded as dead language[5].
  • Basay's instance of is recorded as extinct language[6].
  • Basay's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as byq[7].
  • Basay's subclass of is recorded as East Formosan[8].
  • Basay's IETF language tag is recorded as byq[9].
  • Basay's Wikimedia language code is recorded as byq[10].
  • Basay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05mh8z[11].
  • Basay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Basay language[12].
  • Basay's Glottolog code is recorded as basa1287[13].
  • Basay's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as byq[14].
  • Basay's different from is recorded as Pazeh-Kaxabu[15].
  • Basay's UNESCO language status is recorded as 6 extinct[16].
  • Basay's indigenous to is recorded as Yilan County[17].
  • Basay's indigenous to is recorded as Taipei[18].
  • Basay's UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID is recorded as 2048[19].
  • Basay's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BYQ[20].
  • Basay's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 10 Extinct[21].

Why It Matters

Basay ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] Basay has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Basay is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . IANA language subtag registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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