Region Eastern New Guinea ISO 639-3 myw | Native speakers 6,000 (1998) Glottolog muyu1244 | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Papuan Tip
Kilivila–Misima
Kilivila
Muyuw | ||
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 Islands , in the Solomon Sea within 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 language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA