Fayu language

Fayu
Fayu
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Papua
Ethnicity	Fayu
Native speakers	1,400 (2012)
Language family	Lakes Plain Tariku Fayu; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fau
Glottolog	fayu1238
ELP	Fayu
	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

Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy.^[4]

^ Fayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
^ Clouse, Duane A. (1997). "Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya". In Karl Franklin (ed.). Papers in Papuan linguistics no. 2 (PDF). Vol. A-85. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 133–236. ISBN 0858834421.
^ 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.