Fayu language
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| Fayu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua |
| Ethnicity | Fayu |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2012)[1] |
Lakes Plain
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fau |
| Glottolog | fayu1238 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
 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.[2] It is spoken in Foida and other nearby villages.[3]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy.[4]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | o | |
| Open | a |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | b | t d | k | |||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | h | |||
| Affricate | d͡ʑ | |||||
| Flap | h͡ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Fayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 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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