Yau language (Trans–New Guinea)
Appearance
Yau | |
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Uruwa | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (1,700 cited 1991)[1] |
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.[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
- ^ Yau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.