Fayu
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
EthnicityFayu
Native speakers
1,400 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3fau
Glottologfayu1238
ELPFayu

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]

References

  1. ^ Fayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  3. ^ 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.
Categories