Language
| Fayu |
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| Native to | Indonesia |
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| Region | Papua |
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| Ethnicity | Fayu |
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Native speakers | 1,400 (2012)[1] |
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Language family | |
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| Language codes |
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| ISO 639-3 | fau |
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| Glottolog | fayu1238 |
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| ELP | Fayu |
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Fayu, also known as Sehudate, is a Lakes Plain language of Papua Province, Indonesia spoken by about 1,400 Fayu people.[2] It is spoken in Foida and other nearby villages.[3]
Phonology
Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy.[4]
Vowels | | Front | Central | Back |
| Close | i | | u |
| Mid | | ɛ | o |
| Open | | a | |
Consonants | | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Stop | b | t d | | | k | |
| Fricative | ɸ | s | | | | h |
| Affricate | | | d͡ʑ | | | |
| Flap | | h͡ɾ | | | | |
| Approximant | w | | | j | | |
References
- ^ Fayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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