Yau language (Trans–New Guinea)

Yau
Yau
Uruwa
Native to	Papua-Neuguinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	2,400 (2000)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Uruwa Yau; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yuw
Glottolog	yaum1237

Yau, also called Uruwa, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Boit, Boksawin, Komdaron, Kotet, Mitmit, Mup, Sapmanga, Sapurong, Sindamon, Sugan, Towet, Worin, and Yawan villages in Morobe Province.^[1] Southern dialects are called Nungon or Nuon, and are spoken by about 1,000 people in five or six villages in the Uruwa River valley.^[2]

External links

Paradisec's open access collection of Selected Research Papers of Don Laycock on Languages in Papua New Guinea (DL2) includes materials on the Yau language

References

^ ^a ^b Yau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Sarvasy, Hannah; Ögate, Eni (2019). Sherris, Ari; Peyton, Joy Kreeft (eds.). Early Writing in Nungon in Papua New Guinea. New York: Routledge. pp. 186–187.

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[e25-1] Yau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Sarvasy, Hannah; Ögate, Eni (2019). Sherris, Ari; Peyton, Joy Kreeft (eds.). Early Writing in Nungon in Papua New Guinea. New York: Routledge. pp. 186–187.

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