Fayu language

Fayu
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Papua
Ethnicity	Fayu
Native speakers	1,400 (2012)[1]
Language family	Lakes Plain Tariku Fayu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fau
Glottolog	fayu1238
ELP	Fayu
Fayu is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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]

Phonology

Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy.^[4]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ		o
Open		a

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	b	t d			k
Fricative	ɸ	s				h
Affricate			d͡ʑ
Flap		h͡ɾ
Approximant	w			j

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.
4. Maitland, Page A. O. 2020. A grammatical description of Fayu: a Western Lakes Plain language of West Papua. Honours thesis. The University of Newcastle, Australia.