Pyu
bahasa Pyu
Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, by about 100 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biake No. 2 village (4.019117°S 141.033561°E / -4.019117; 141.033561 (Biake 2)) of Biake ward, Green River Rural LLG in Sandaun Province. Additionally, there are about 150 speakers in Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia.
From Wikipedia · Pyu language (Papuan) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Pyu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tali* | |
| eye | b3mE7* | |
| ear | kwE* | |
| nose | t3pli* | |
| tooth | r3nE* | |
| tongue | asakwu* | |
| hand | kabyi* | |
| blood | kami* | |
| bone | b3li* | |
| skin | kagalE* | |
| knee | kumabi* | |
| breast | yiwi* | |
| water | yi* | |
| fire | kamiE* | |
| sun | agwi7* | |
| star | kibi* | |
| stone | siri* | |
| mountain | awE* | |
| tree | ka* | |
| leaf | aNgi* | |
| night | mob3ru* | |
| dog | nakwu* | |
| fish | tubu* | |
| louse | ni* | |
| one | tEfiye* | |
| two | kasi* | |
| I | kwo* | |
| you | no* | |
| we | m3la* | |
| drink | wa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · pyuu1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · pby