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 |
| 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
Timothy Usher links the Pyu language to its neighbors, the Left May languages and the Amto–Musan languages, in as Arai–Samaia stock.[4]
Based on limited lexical evidence, Pyu had been linked to the putative Kwomtari–Fas family, but that family is apparently spurious and Foley (2018) notes that Pyu and Kwomtari are highly divergent from each other. Some similar pronoun found in both Kwomtari and Pyu:[5]
pronoun Pyu Kwomtari ‘1PL, we’ məla mena ‘2SG, you (sg)’ no une ‘3, he/she/it/they’ na nane
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database:[6]
gloss Pyu head uǏiʔ; wiri hair Ǐɩsiʔ; lisi ear kweɛ eye bəmeʔ; pɛmɛʔɛ nose tɛpʌǏi tooth rəne tongue asaguʔ leg louse ni; niʔ dog naguʔ; nakwu pig we; wɛʔ bird maǏuǏiʔ; maru egg Ǐio taʔ; taʔ blood ɛmiʔ; kami bone bəli; bɩǏiʔ skin kagole; kʌkʌǏɛʔ breast ib̶iʔ tree ga; ka man tali; taliʔ woman Ǐomæʔ sky sun agwiʔ moon water ʔiʔ; yi fire kamie; kʌmæ stone siri; sɩliʔ road, path ʔonæ; ʔonɛ name eat waŋgɛʔ one tefiye; tɛᵽiɛʔ two kasi
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
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