Pouye

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bouye

Population

960 (2003 SIL), increasing.

Location

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

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 67% with Karawa [xrw].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Men, boys and a few women also use Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20% (Tok Pisin). Bible portions: 1995–2007.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.