Pyuwan language
Puan | |
---|---|
Language family | Isolate |
Writing system | Puan Script? |
Official status | |
Spoken in | Kyawcenni Pua |
Speaker | |
Endonym | ??? |
Exonym | Puan, Pyuwan[1] |
Technical information | |
Language code | PYW |
The Puan or Pyuwan language /ˈpju.(w)ən/ (Kyawcenni: Bêde Pyuwane) is a language isolate spoken in eastern Archipelagia in the Kyawcenni territory of Kyawcenni Pua.
Phonology
Consonants
Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolo-Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
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Nasals | m | n | |||||
Plosives | b | t d | tʃ <ċ> dʒ <J̇j> | k, ɡ <g> | q <ꟼq> | ʔ <Qϱ> | |
Fricatives | f | θ <c> ð <Jȷ> | s z | ʃ <ṡ> ʒ <ż> | χ <x> | ħ~h <ħ> ʕ~ɦ <h> | |
Trills | r | ʀ <ṙ> | |||||
Liquids | l | j <y> | w |
Vowels
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
---|---|---|---|
High | i, iː | u, uː | |
Mid | ə, əː | o, o: | |
Low | æ | ɑː |
Puan Script

Puan was planned to be written in the eponymous Puan Script, which was designed by Kyawcenni Quing Marcy I and was inspired by the Xadwg Script.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ “Pyuwan” is the Kyawcenni name of the language. This spelling is sometimes used in English to distinguish it from the Puan people.