Pyu language (Papuan)

This article is about the Pyu language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea and Highland Papua, Indonesia. Not to be confused with the Piu language of Morobe Province.
Pyu
Native toPapua New Guinea
Indonesia
Region
Native speakers
250 (2012 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pby
Glottologpyuu1245
ELPPyu
Approximate location where Pyu is spoken
Approximate location where Pyu is spoken
Pyu
Coordinates: 4°01′09″S 141°02′01″E / 4.019117°S 141.033561°E / -4.019117; 141.033561 (Biake 2)

Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biake No. 2 village (4°01′09″S 141°02′01″E / 4.019117°S 141.033561°E / -4.019117; 141.033561 (Biake 2)) of Biake ward, Green River Rural LLG in Sandaun Province.[2][3] Additionally, there are about 150 speakers in Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia.[4][5]

  1. ^ Pyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  4. ^ Zulyani Hidayah. Ensiklopedia suku bangsa di Indonesia (Edisi kedua ed.). Jakarta. ISBN 9789794619292. OCLC 913647590.
  5. ^ Szilzer, Peter J.; Clouse, Helja Heikkinen (1991). Index of Irian Jaya languages :a special publication of Irian :Peter J. Silzer, Helja Heikkinen Clouse (in Indonesian). SIL and Universiy of Cenderawasih. Retrieved 2024-10-25.