Yau language

Not to be confused with Yao languages or Yau language (Torricelli).

Yau
Uruwa
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	unknown (1,700 cited 1991)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Uruwa Yau
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`yuw`
Glottolog	`yaum1237`^[2]

Yau, also called Uruwa, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.

References

↑ Yau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yau (Morobe Province)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Finisterre–Huon languages

Finisterre

Erap	Finongan Gusan Mamaa Munkip Nakama Nek Nimi Nuk Numanggang Sauk Uri

Gusap–Mot	Iyo Madi Neko Nekgini Ngaing Rawa Ufim

Uruwa	Sakam Som Nukna Yau Weliki

Wantoat	Awara Wantoat Tuma-Irumu

Warup	Asaro'o Bulgebi Degenan Forak Guya Gwahatike Muratayak

Yupna	Bonkiman Domung Ma Nankina Yopno Yout Wam

Huon

Eastern	Dedua Kâte Kovai Kube Mape Migabac Momare Sene Tobo

Western	Burum Borong Kinalakna Komba Kumokio Mese Nabak Nomu Ono Selepet Sialum Timbe

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