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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West Papuan languages | |||||||||||||||||
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| West Papuan |
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| Extended West Papuan |
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