Yaur language

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Yaur
Native to Indonesia
Region Irian Jaya
Native speakers (350 cited 1978)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 jau

The Yaur language, or Jaur, is a language in the putative Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) branch of the Austronesian family spoken in Irian Jaya. It has about 300 speakers.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Yaur at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  • Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of World Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 111