Fayu language

{{Infobox language

| name = Fayu

| states = Indonesia

| region = Papua

| ethnicity = Fayu

| speakers = 1,400

| date = 2012

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Papuan

| fam1 = Lakes Plain

| fam2 = Tariku

| iso3 = fau

| glotto = fayu1238

| glottorefname = Fayu

| map2 = Lang Status 80-VU.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|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.Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) It is spoken in Foida and other nearby villages.{{cite book | last = Clouse | first = Duane A. | year = 1997 | chapter = Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya | title = Papers in Papuan linguistics no. 2 | location = Canberra | publisher = Pacific Linguistics | volume = A-85 | isbn = 0858834421 | editor = Karl Franklin | pages = 133–236 | url = https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145737/1/PL-A85.pdf }}

Phonology

Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy.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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|+Vowels

!

!Front

!Central

!Back

Close

|i

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|u

Mid

|ɛ

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|o

Open

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|a

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|+Consonants

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!Bilabial

!Alveolar

!Palatal-Alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Glottal

Stop

|b

|t d

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|k

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Fricative

|ɸ

|s

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|h

Affricate

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|d͡ʑ

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Flap

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|h͡ɾ

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Approximant

|w

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|j

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References

Category:Tariku languages

Category:Languages of Western New Guinea