Muyu language

Muyu
Kati
Native to	Indonesia
Region	South Papua Boven Digoel
Ethnicity	Muyu
Native speakers	22,000 (2002) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Central & South New Guinea  ? Ok Lowland Ok Muyu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: kti  – North Muyu (Niinati) kts  – South Muyu (Metomka)
Glottolog	nort2916   North sout2940   South

Muyu, Moyu, ^[2] is one of the Ok languages of South Papua, Indonesia.

Based on available resources, linguists divided it to two varieties Kadi (North Muyu) and South Muyu. However according to native speakers, it may be a dialect continuum of 9 mutually intelligible dialects which also include Ningrum and Yonggom. ^[2] Petabahasa by Indonesia Ministry of Education classified it to three languages, Kadi spoken in Kampung Woropko, ^[3] South Muyu spoken in Kampung Anggumbit, ^[4] and Muyu in Kampung Kamka. ^[5]

Phonology

Consonants ^[6]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	b	t		k
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Liquid		l
Approximant	w		j

Vowels ^[7]

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a , (a:)

References

1. North Muyu (Niinati) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   South Muyu (Metomka) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Zahrer, Alexander. 2019. First data of Moyu, a lowland Ok language of New Guinea. 11th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL11), 13-15 June 2019, Leiden University.
3. "Kadi". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
4. "Muyu Selatan". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
5. "Muyu". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
6. Zahrer 2023, p. 23.
7. Zahrer 2023, p. 33-4.

Bibliography

• Zahrer, Alexander (23 Jun 2023). A Grammar of Muyu: A Lowland Ok language of Western New Guinea (Thesis).

• Zahrer, Alexander (2025). A grammar of Muyu. University of Münster. p. 753. Retrieved 2025-05-30.

• Zahrer A (2025). Children of the sago: Muyu texts (pdf). Berlin: Language Science Press. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15781820 . ISBN   9783961105328.