Muyuw language

Muyuw language
Spoken in	Eastern New Guinea
Native speakers	6,000  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Kilivila–Nuclear Papuan Tip Kilivila–Louisiades languages Muyuw language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	myw

Muyuw language (Egum, Murua, Murua Dukwayasi, Murua Kaulae, Muruwa, Muyu, Muyua, Muyuwa) is one of the Kilivila–Louisiades languages (of the Austronesian language family), spoken on the Woodlark Island (Papua New Guinea).

Number of speakers: 6,000 (1998), of them 3,000 are monolinguals. Speakers also use Dobu, Kilivila or Misima-Paneati. Latin script is used.

Dialects included Yanaba, Lougaw (Gawa), Wamwan, Nawyem, Iwa. Iwa dialect is transitional between Muyuw and Kilivila. Lexical similarity 68% with Kilivila.