Yawa (Yava) is the Papuan language of central Yapen Island in Geelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Indonesia. Alternative names are Iau (not the same as Iau language), Mantembu, Mora, Turu, and Yapanani.
Yawa | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Cenderawasih Bay |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2011)[1] |
Language family | West Papuan ?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yva |
Glottolog | nucl1454 |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |
Plosive | p | t | k | |
b | d | ɟ | ||
Fricative | s | ʃ | ||
Trill | r | |||
Approximant | w | j |
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Trans-New Guinea subgroups |
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Eastern Nusantara families and isolates |
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Bird's Head Peninsula families and isolates |
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Northern Western New Guinea families and isolates | |||||||||||
Central Western New Guinea families and isolates |
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Sepik-Ramu basin families and isolates |
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Gulf of Papua and southern New Guinea families and isolates | |||||||||||
Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands families and isolates | |||||||||||
Rossel Island isolate |
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Proposed groupings |
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Proto-language |
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West Papuan languages | |||||||||||||||||
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West Papuan |
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Extended West Papuan |
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