Pyuwan language
Pyuwan | |
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Language family | Isolate |
Writing system | Pyuwan Script |
Official status | |
Spoken in | Kyawcenni Pua |
Speaker | |
Endonym | Hasztszelj Tshypnix [χæʃtʃe̞lʲ tsχɨpnih] |
Exonym | Pyuwan |
Technical information | |
Language code | PYW |
The Puan or Pyuwan language /ˈpju.(w)ən/ (Puan: Hasztszelj Tshypnix [χæʃtʃe̞lʲ tsχɨpnih], lit. Sailor Language; Kyawcenni: Bêde Pyuwane) is a language isolate spoken in eastern Archipelagia in the Kyawcenni territory of Kyawcenni Pua.
Phonology
Consonants
Pyuwan has 21 consonant phonemes.
Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
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Nasals | m | n | |||||
Plosives | p b | t d ⟨t,kt d,gd⟩ | k | q ɢ ⟨? ?⟩[1] | ʔ ⟨t,k⟩ | ||
Fricatives | f v | θ ð ⟨? ?⟩[2] | s | ʃ ʒ ⟨sz z⟩ | ɣ | χ ʁ ⟨h r⟩ | h ⟨x⟩ |
Liquids | w | l | j | (w) |
Vowels
Pyuwan has 6 vowel phonemes.
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
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High | i | ɨ ⟨y⟩ | u |
Mid | e̞ ⟨e⟩ | ||
Low | æ ⟨a⟩ | ɑ ⟨o⟩ |
Pyuwan Script

Pyuwan is written in the eponymous Pyuwan Script, which was designed by Kyawcenni Quing Marcy I and was inspired by the Cadwg Script.