Fayu language

Fayu
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
EthnicityFayu
Native speakers
1,400 (2012)
Language codes
ISO 639-3fau
Glottologfayu1238
ELPFayu
Fayu is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Fayu, also known as Sehudate, is a Lakes Plain language of Papua Province, Indonesia spoken by about 1,400 Fayu people. It is spoken in Foida and other nearby villages.

Phonology

Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy.

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ o
Open a
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop b t d k
Fricative ɸ s h
Affricate d͡ʑ
Flap h͡ɾ
Approximant w j

References

  1. ↑ Fayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  3. ↑ Clouse, Duane A. (1997). "Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya". In Karl Franklin (ed.). Papers in Papuan linguistics no. 2 (PDF). Vol. A-85. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 133–236. ISBN 0858834421.
  4. ↑ Maitland, Page A. O. 2020. A grammatical description of Fayu: a Western Lakes Plain language of West Papua. Honours thesis. The University of Newcastle, Australia.