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Yawa

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3: yva

Population	6,000 (1987 SIL).
Region	Central Serui Island, Serui Waropen, Serui Selatan, Timur Barat, 8 north coast villages, 2 interior villages, 18 south coast villages.
Language map	Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 107
Alternate names	Iau, Mantembu, Mora, Turu, Yapanani, Yava
Dialects	Central Yawa (Mora), West Yawa, South Yawa, North Yawa, East Yawa.
Classification	West Papuan, Yapen
Language use	Home, market, religious services.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Bible portions: 1989–1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Distinct from Iau [tmu] in Lakes Plain area. Agriculturalists; fishermen. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

JONES, Larry B., author. 1986. "The dialects of Yawa."

JONES, Larry B., author. 1989. Community involvement in first draft translation: An Indonesian case study.

JONES, Linda K., author. 1986. "The question of ergativity in Yawa, a Papuan language."

JONES, Linda K., author. 1986. "Yawa phonology."

JONES, Linda K., author. 1991. "Question words in Yawa."

JONES, Linda K., author. 1991. Word break problems in Yawa orthography.

JONES, Linda K., author. 1993. "Yawa marriage and kinship: a two-section Iroquois system."

JONES, Linda K., author. 1997. "Yawa marriage and kinship: a two-section Iroquois system."

JONES, Linda K., author. 2003. "Marked transitivity in Yawa discourse."

JONES, Linda K.; PAAI, Yohanes; PAAI, Zet, authors. 1989. Ayao Yawa mo mona nanentabo ranugan = Perbendaharaan kata bahasa Yawa = Yawa vocabulary.

Vernacular Publications

Anane rakaror. 1989.

Ayao rariri tuturaimbe: bukugo arikain wo ranyao = Cerita-cerita sederhana: buku bacaan murid. 2001.