Fayu | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Papua |
Ethnicity | Fayu |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2012) [1] |
Lakes Plain
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
fau |
Glottolog |
fayu1238 |
ELP | Fayu |
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]
Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy. [4]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɛ | o | |
Open | a |
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Stop | b | t d | k | |||
Fricative | ɸ | s | h | |||
Affricate | d͡ʑ | |||||
Flap | h͡ɾ | |||||
Approximant | w | j |