Yau

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
yyu
User Population

200 (2014 SIL). Ethnic population: 350 (2014 SIL).

Location

Sandaun province: northwest of Lumi, Senim village.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Torricelli, Wapei-Palei, Wapei
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 63% with Olo [ong] and Yis [yis].

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yau
Other Comments

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