Yaur language

Yaur
Jaur
rí hègùuré
Native toIndonesia
RegionCentral Papua
EthnicityYaur
Native speakers
(350 cited 1978)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jau
Glottologyaur1239
Approximate location where Yaur is spoken
Approximate location where Yaur is spoken
Yaur
Coordinates: 3°20′S 134°53′E / 3.33°S 134.88°E / -3.33; 134.88

Yaur or Jaur is a language in the Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) branch of the Austronesian family spoken in Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. It has about 300 speakers. It is closely related to Yerisiam and more distantly to Umar.

See also

  • Yaur people

References

  1. ^ Yaur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of World Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 111
  • Kamholz, David. Yaur dictionary


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