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] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pby |
| Glottolog | pyuu1245 |
| ELP | Pyu |
| Coordinates: 4°01′09″S 141°02′01″E / 4.019117°S 141.033561°E | |
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]
Classification
Based on limited lexical evidence, Pyu may probably belong to the Kwomtari family (see also Kwomtari–Baibai languages), but Foley (2018) notes that Pyu and Kwomtari are still highly divergent from each other. Some similar pronoun found in both Kwomtari and Pyu:[4]
pronoun Pyu Kwomtari ‘1PL, we’ məla mena ‘2SG, you (sg)’ no une ‘3, he/she/it/they’ na nane
Timothy Usher links the Pyu language to its neighbors, the Left May languages and the Amto–Musan languages, in as Arai–Samaia stock.[5]
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.
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ NewGuineaWorld, Arai and Samaia Rivers