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Iau

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3: tmu

Population	600 (2000 SIL), increasing. 500 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 600 or more.
Region	Puncak Jaya Regency, Faui, Lakes Plain area between Rouffaer and upper Van Daalen rivers, Barere, Fawi, Taiyai villages. Poi dialect on Rouffaer River; Turu dialect on Van Daalen River.
Language map	Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 192
Alternate names	Foi, Iaw, Turu, Urundi, Ururi, Yau
Dialects	Foi, Turu, Iau. Similar to Edopi [dbf]. Distinct from Yawa [yva]. The varieties listed as dialects above may be separate languages.
Classification	Lakes Plain, Tariku, Central
Language use	Vigorous. Speakers of other languages in western Lakes Plains area speak basic Iau. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Indonesian [ind]. A few also use Duvle [duv] or a Dani variety.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. 200 or more can read and write it. Bible portions: 1985–1993.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists; fishermen; hunter-gatherers. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BATEMAN, Janet, author. 1982. The topic-comment construction in Iau.

BATEMAN, Janet, author. 1983. "Iau kinship and marriage."

BATEMAN, Janet, author. 1986. Iau verb morphology.

BATEMAN, Janet, author. 1990. "Iau segmental and tone phonology."

BATEMAN, Janet, author. 1990. "Pragmatic functions of the tone morphemes on illocutionary force particles in Iau."

BATEMAN, Janet, author. 1998. "Alliance and antagonism in the Iau social and spirit worlds."

GREGERSON, Marilyn; STERNER, Joyce K., editors. 1998. Symbolism and ritual in Irian Jaya.

MIEHLE, Helen L., author. 1985. "What’s in a name? A descriptive study of Iau personal names."

REHATTA, Sonja, author. 1987. Adopsi, perkawinan dan sekutu di suku Iau.

REHATTA, Sonja, author. 1987. Hubungan kekerabatan suku Iau.