Pyu language (Papuan)
| Pyu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Green River Rural LLG in Sandaun Province, near Indonesian border |
Native speakers | (100 cited 2000 census)[1] |
Arai–Samaia ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pby |
| Glottolog | pyuu1245 |
| ELP | Pyu |
Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers. It is spoken in Biake No. 2 village (4°01′09″S 141°02′01″E / 4.019117°S 141.033561°E) of Biake ward, Green River Rural LLG in Sandaun Province.[2][3]
It has been suggested that Pyu belongs to the Kwomtari–Baibai family, but the evidence has never been published. (See Kwomtari–Baibai.) Timothy Usher links the Pyu language to its neighbors, the Left May languages and the Amto–Musan languages, in as Arai–Samaia stock.[4]
References
- ^ Pyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ NewGuineaWorld, Arai and Samaia Rivers
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