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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Papua) > Yaur

Yaur

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3jau

Population  350 (1978 SIL).
Region  Lower end of Cenderawasih Bay, west of Iresim.
Language maps  Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 59
Indonesia, Northwestern Papua, reference number 59
Alternate names   Jaur
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, West New Guinea, Cenderawasih Bay, Yaur
Comments  Fishermen; agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian.