Pouye

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
bye
Alternate Names
Bouye
Autonym
Pouye
User Population

960 (2003 SIL), increasing.

Location

Sandaun province: Lumi, East and West Wapei districts. 7 villages: Bulawa, Kiliauto, Komtin, Maurom, Wokien, Wulme, Yukilau.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Sepik, Ram
Dialects

2 dialects. Lexical similarity: 81% between the 2 dialects; 67% with Karawa [xrw].

Typology

SOV; Verbal affixation marks modality, mood, agent, temporal element, spatial location, direction, adverbs, manner, degree, beneficiaries, aspect, and number; Aspects: 4 (Progressive, Continuous, Perfective, Permanent); Consonants: 12, Vowels: 9.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], especially men, boys, and a few women. Used as L2 by Karawa [xrw].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20% in Tok Pisin [tpi]. Bible portions: 1995–2007.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Pouye
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.