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Pyu language (Papuan)

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Native speakers
  
100 (2000 census)

ISO 639-3
  
pby

Region
  
near Indonesian border

Language family
  
unclear

Glottolog
  
pyuu1245

Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has been suggested that Pyu belongs to the Kwomtari–Baibai family, but the evidence has never been published. (See Kwomtari–Baibai.) As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers.

References

Pyu language (Papuan) Wikipedia