| Puyuma | |
|---|---|
| Pinuyumayan | |
| Native to | Taiwan |
| Ethnicity | Puyuma people |
Native speakers | 8,500 (2002)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pyu |
| Glottolog | puyu1239 |
| ELP | Puyuma |
| Linguasphere | 30-JAA-a |
 (red) Puyuma | |
 Puyuma is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Puyuma language or Pinuyumayan (Chinese: 卑南語; pinyin: Bēinányǔ), is the language of the Puyuma, an indigenous people of Taiwan. It is a divergent Formosan language of the Austronesian family. Most speakers are older adults.
Puyuma is one of the more divergent of the Austronesian languages and falls outside reconstructions of Proto-Austronesian.
- ^ Puyuma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)