Puyuma
Pinuyumayan
Puyuma is an Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan, by about 8,500 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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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 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.
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Words in Puyuma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | babayan | |
| person | taw | |
| water | ənay | |
| fire | apue | |
| stone | barasa | |
| mountain | drenan | |
| dog | soan | |
| fish | kuraw | |
| one | sa | |
| egg | bitrenun | |
| banana | belrbelr |
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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