Yawa language should not be confused with Yapen languages (Austronesian).
| Yawa | |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Region: | Cenderawasih Bay |
| Speakers: | 10,000 |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | West Papuan ? |
| Fam2: | Yawan |
| Iso3: | yva |
| Glotto: | nucl1454 |
| Glottorefname: | Yawa |
Yawa (Yava) is the Papuan language of central Yapen Island in Geelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Indonesia. Alternative names are Iau (not the same as Iau language), Mantembu, Mora (not Mora language), Turu, and Yapanani.
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Plosive | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Trill | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |