Pan Jin-yu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Last remaining speaker of the Pazeh language of Taiwan
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Place of Birth: Puli, Taiwan Province
About Pan Jin-yu
- Pan Jin-yu (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Pan Jinyù, 21 July 1914 – 24 October 2010) was the last remaining speaker of the Pazeh language of Taiwan.
- She was born the fifth of six children in 1914 to Kaxabu parents in Puli.
- Later, she was adopted by parents who were Pazeh speakers living in Auran village (Taiwanese: Ailan), which is now part of Puli township.
- She was said to be fully fluent in the language, despite being the only remaining speaker.
- However, Taiwanese Hokkien was the living language she spoke generally.
- She taught Pazeh classes to about 200 regular students in Puli and there were also classes with fewer students in Miaoli and Taichung.
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