Yau language (Trans–New Guinea)
| Yau | |
|---|---|
| Uruwa | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 2,400 (2000)[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.[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.