Pyu language (Papuan)

Pyu
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	near Indonesian border
Native speakers	100 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	unclear
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pby`
Glottolog	`pyuu1245`^[2]

Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has been suggested that Pyu belongs to the Kwomtari–Baibai family, but the evidence has never been published. (See Kwomtari–Baibai.) As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers.

References

^ Pyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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Pyu language (Papuan)