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Pyu language (Papuan)

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Pyu
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionnear Indonesian border
Native speakers
(100 cited 2000 census)[1]
unclear
Language codes
ISO 639-3pby
Glottologpyuu1245
ELPPyu

Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has been suggested that Pyu belongs to the Kwomtari–Baibai family, but the evidence has never been published. (See Kwomtari–Baibai.) As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers.

References

  1. ^ Pyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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