Fayu language explained

Fayu
States:	Indonesia
Region:	Papua
Ethnicity:	Fayu
Speakers:	1,400
Date:	2012
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Lakes Plain
Fam2:	Tariku
Iso3:	fau
Glotto:	fayu1238
Glottorefname:	Fayu

Fayu, also known as Sehudate, is a Lakes Plain language of Papua Province, Indonesia spoken by about 1,400 Fayu people.^[1] It is spoken in Foida and other nearby villages.^[2]

Phonology

Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy.^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
2. Book: Clouse, Duane A. . 1997 . Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya . Papers in Papuan linguistics no. 2 . Canberra . Pacific Linguistics . A-85 . 0858834421 . Karl Franklin . 133 - 236 .
3. 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.