Pouye language
Appearance
Pouye | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | 960 (2003)[1] |
Sepik languages
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bye |
Glottolog | pouy1238 |
ELP | Pouye |
Pouye (Bouye) is a language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, by a thousand people, and growing. It is spoken in the seven villages of Bulawa (3°39′57″S 142°00′52″E / 3.665801°S 142.014408°E), Kiliauto, Komtin, Maurom (3°40′59″S 141°50′50″E / 3.683154°S 141.847269°E), Wokien (3°41′52″S 141°57′28″E / 3.697824°S 141.957815°E), Wulme, and Yukilau (3°40′42″S 141°55′32″E / 3.678344°S 141.925477°E), which are mostly located within East Wapei Rural LLG.[2][3]
References
- ^ Pouye 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.