Yau language (Trans–New Guinea) explained

Yau
Nativename:Uruwa
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Morobe Province
Date:2000
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:Finisterre–Huon
Fam3:Finisterre
Fam4:Uruwa
Iso3:yuw
Glotto:yaum1237
Glottorefname:Yau (Morobe Province)

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. 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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Sarvasy . Hannah . Ögate . Eni . Sherris . Ari . Peyton . Joy Kreeft . Early Writing in Nungon in Papua New Guinea . 2019 . Routledge . New York . 186–187.