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.
 * 1) Merger of PAn *n and *ŋ as
 * 2) Merger of *t, *s, *Z as
 * 3) Merger of *N and *S1 as
 * 4) Complete loss of *k, *q, *H
 * 5) Partial loss of *R, *j, including the loss of final *-y and *-w
 * 6) *s (in initial and medial positions) >

Syntax
Case markers include:
 * ja 'nominative marker'
 * ta 'personal name marker'
 * o, no 'oblique (genitive and accusative, common noun)'
 * i 'oblique (personal noun)'
 * de 'locative'
 * i 'directional'

Agent-focus verbal affixes include:
 * Agent-focus
 * -um- ~ -umm- (after consonant-initial verb stems) or um- ~ umm- (before vowel-initial verb stem except i-)
 * -im-, -em- (lexically conditioned)
 * m-
 * p-


 * Past tense (AF)
 * -in-umm-, in-umm
 * m-in-
 * -in-


 * Future tense (AF)
 * Reduplication of the first stem syllable


 * Imperative (AF)
 * -a

Non-agent-focus verbal affixes are:
 * -an 'locative focus'
 * -en, -in, -n 'patient focus'
 * ipa- ... -a 'imperative (non-agent-focus)'
 * -in-, in- 'past tense (non-agent-focus)'
 * ino- 'future tense (non-agent-focus)'

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.

Pronouns
All of the following personal pronouns are free forms. All genitive pronouns end with -a.

Examples

 * 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.