Pyuwan language

Not to be confused with Toki Pua, a language spoken in Pua. For a list of languages spoken in that region, see Languages of Pua.

Pyuwan/Puan
Language family	Mary-Moldovan
Writing system	Latin alphabet, Perso-Arabic script
Official status
Spoken in	Kyawcenni Pua
Speaker
Endonym	فیشِنَ Fīṡina
Exonym	Puan, Pyuwan
Technical information
Language code	PYW

Majority of Pyuwan speakers in Pua Minor

The Pyuwan or Puan language /ˈpju.(w)ən/ (Pyuwan: فیشِنَ Fīṡina, Kyawcenni: Bêde Pyuwane) is a Mary-Moldovan language spoken in eastern Archipelagia in the Kyawcenni territory of Kyawcenni Pua.

Not much is known about the language and it is still being researched. The most active researcher of the Puan language is Marcy Sheikah.

Etymology

The name Puan was used because nobody else had used that name, so Kyawcenni Puans just kinda stole it, lmao. Nowadays though, the Kyawcenni term Pyuwan is more commonly used due to Puan being associated with the region east of the Antsunmwasha River.

Phonology

Consonants

Some information is still being researched, so some information is likely to change.

The romanization written in angle brackets includes both capitalizations of the letter.

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar (Hard)	Alveolar (Soft)	Postalveolar/Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasals	m <م Mm>		n <ن, Nn>	nʲ <ني, NJ nȷ>
Plosives	(p <پ, Pp>)¹ b <ب, Bb>		t <ت, Tt> d <د, Dd>	tʲ <تي, TJ tȷ>	tʃ <چ, Ċċ> dʒ <ج, Ġġ>	k <ك, Kk> ɡ <ق, Gg>	q <ه, ꟼq>	ʔ <ء, Qϱ>
Fricatives	f <ف, Ff>	θ <ث, Cc> ð <ذ, Ðđ>	s <س, Ss> z <ز, Zz>	sʲ <سي, SJ sȷ>	ʃ <ش, Ṡṡ> ʒ <ژ, Żż>		χ <خ, Xx>	ħ~h <ح, Ħħ> ʕ~ɦ <ع, Hh>
Trills			r <ر, Rr>				ʀ <غ, Ṙṙ>
Liquids			l <ل, Ll>	lʲ <ليLJ lȷ>	j <ي, Jj>	w <و, Ww>

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i <ە, i>, iː <ی, ī>		u < و u>, uː <وو, ū>
Mid		ə <ے, e>, əː <ێ, ē>	ɞ <ؤ, o>, o: <ۆ, ō>
Low	æ <∅/ا, a>		ɑː <آ/ا, ā>

¹Only found in Kyawcenni loanwords

Sample text

1. 1. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

English All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Slovene (Ancestor language) Vsì ljudjẹ̑ sé rọ́dijo svobȏdni tȇr imȃjo enȃko dostojȃnstvo in pravíce. Dána stȁ jìm razȗm in vẹ̑st, in bi morȃli drȗg z drȗgim ravnȃti v dȗhu brȃtstva.

Puan (Perso-Arabic) وسی لِجئ سً رؤدِيُ سْوبؤذِن تئر یمايْ ئناقْ دْثْيانثْو ین پارفیسي. دَنَ ثَ يیم رَزوم ین فئث، ین بی مْرالِ دوح ز دوحِم رَونَتي و دوخُ بارتَثَو

Puan (Latin) Usī Liġē se rōdijo sowbōđin tēr imājo enāqo docojāncow in parfīsȷ. Dána ca jīm razūm in fēc, in bi morāli dūħ z dūħim rawnātȷ u dūxu bārtacaw.

IPA /uˈsiː liˈdʒəː sə ˈʀoːdijo sowˈboːðin təːʀ iˈmɑːjo əˈnɑːqo doθoˈjɑːnθow in pæʀˈfiːsʲ. ˈdænæ θæ jiːm ræˈzuːm in fəːθ, in bi moˈʀɑːli duːħ z duːħim ræwˈnætʲ u ˈduːχu ˈbɑʀtæθæw/