Pouye
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A language of Papua New Guinea
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bouye
Population
960 (2003 SIL), increasing.
Location
Sandaun province: Lumi, East and West Wapei districts. 7 villages: Bulawa, Kiliauto, Komtin, Maurom, Wokien, Wulme, Yukilau.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
None known. Lexical similarity: 67% with Karawa [xrw].
Typology
SOV.
Language Use
Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], especially men, boys, and a few women.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20% in Tok Pisin [tpi]. Bible portions: 1995–2007.
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Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Christian, traditional religion.