Pyu language (Papuan)
| Pyu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Green River Rural LLG in Sandaun Province, near Indonesian border |
Native speakers | 100 (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
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.