Yau language (Trans–New Guinea)
| Yau | |
|---|---|
| Uruwa | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (2,400 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yuw |
| Glottolog | yaum1237 |
Yau is one of the two major dialects of the Uruwa Language that is spoken by the Uruwa people. It is a Finisterre language of Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken in Boit, Boksawin, Komdaron, Sapmanga, Sapurong, Sindamon, and Sugan villages in Morobe Province.[1] The Southern dialects are called Nungon or Nuon, and are spoken in the Kotet, Mitmit, Mup, Towet, Worin, and Yawan villages. The dialects are fairly equally divided among the 3,000 people that live in the Uruwa River valley.[2]
The two major dialects are about 60-65% related based on shared vocabulary and don't have great clarity in understanding one another.
References
- 1 2 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.
Further reading
- Sarvasy, Hannah Sacha (2014). A grammar of Nungon: a Papuan language of the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PhD Thesis). James Cook University.
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