Basho language

Basho (Ī́ÕṾ; bashoke [bɐʃoˈke]) is a critically endangered Hokiraic language spoken primarily by the Basho people in Dasimagu. It currently has around 400 native speakers, a tremendous decline from 70,000 in 1921. Once a lingua franca of southern Adrian Islands along with Hokirai, Basho lost its importance and popularity after people favored more on the Adrianese creole language.

Basho uses the Hokirai script for writing, and is one of the only few languages left to do so. In 2013, the Adrianese government planned to save the language from extinction by making the language mandatory in all schools in Dasimagu. The language has also been promoted in several universities in the Adrian Islands. In 2017, the first Basho-language university, Basho Ke University, was established in Bajongo.