Yau language (Trans–New Guinea)

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

Yau
Uruwa
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
2,400 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yuw
Glottologyaum1237

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]

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b 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.