Muyuw language
| Muyuw | |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern New Guinea |
Native speakers | 6,000 (1998)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
myw |
| Glottolog |
muyu1244[2] |
Muyuw language (Egum, Murua, Murua Dukwayasi, Murua Kaulae, Muruwa, Muyu, Muyua, Muyuwa) is one of the Kilivila–Louisiades languages (of the Austronesian language family), spoken on the Woodlark Island (Papua New Guinea).
Number of speakers: 6,000 (1998), of them 3,000 are monolinguals. Speakers also use Dobu, Kilivila or Misima-Paneati. Latin script is used.
Dialects included Yanaba, Lougaw (Gawa), Wamwan, Nawyem, Iwa. Iwa dialect is transitional between Muyuw and Kilivila. Lexical similarity 68% with Kilivila.
References
- ↑ Muyuw at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Muyuw". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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