Yau

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
yuw
Alternate Names
Uruwa
Autonym
Yaö
User Population

2,380 (2000 census). 1,000 Nungon (Sarvasy 2014).

Location

Morobe province: Kabwum district, Boit, Boksawin, Komdaron, Kotet, Mitmit, Mup, Sapmanga, Sapurong, Sindamon, Sugan, Towet, Worin, and Yawan villages.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Finisterre, Uruwa
Dialects

Nungon, Nuon, Yau (Yaö), Yano (Yanu).

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Sarvasy 2014).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. NT: 1997.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yau
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 1994.

Other Comments

Different from Yau [yyu] and from the Yawu dialect of Yessan-Mayo [yss].