Ethnologue

Pouye

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.

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. 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.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.