YUW ISO 639-3
Yau
Yaö Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- yuw
- Alternate Names
- Uruwa
- Autonym
- Yaö
- 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.
- 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].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Morobe province: Kabwum district, Boit, Boksawin, Komdaron, Kotet, Mitmit, Mup, Sapmanga, Sapurong, Sindamon, Sugan, Towet, Worin, and Yawan villages.
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