Yaul, also known as Ulwa, is a severely endangered Keram language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken fluently by fewer than 700 people and semi-fluently by around 1,250 people in four villages of the Angoram District of the East Sepik Province: Manu, Maruat, Dimiri, and Yaul.
| Yaul | |
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| Ulwa | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2003)[1] |
Language family | Ramu
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yla |
| Glottolog | yaul1241 |
| ELP | Ulwa |
According to Barlow (2018), speakers in the Maruat, Dimiri, and Yaul villages speak similar versions of Ulwa while those in Manu speak a considerably different version. Thus, he postulates that there are two different dialects of Ulwa.[2]
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