Pouye | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: bye
Alternate Names: Bouye
Autonym: Pouye
Population: 960 (2003 SIL), increasing.
Location:: Sandaun province: Lumi, East and West Wapei districts. 7 villages: Bulawa, Kiliauto, Komtin, Maurom, Wokien, Wulme, Yukilau.
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.

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