Yahadian is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of Southwest Papua. It is spoken in Yahadian village, Kais District, South Sorong Regency.[1]
| Yahadian | |
|---|---|
| Yahadian-Mugim | |
| Native to | Southwest Papua, Indonesia |
| Region | Kampung Yahadian, Kais District and Kampung Mugim, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency in the Bird's Head Peninsula |
Native speakers | (500 cited 1991)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ner |
| Glottolog | yaha1248 |
  Yahadian  Yahadian  Yahadian | |
| Coordinates: 1°56′S 132°06′E / 1.94°S 132.10°E | |
Yahadian is closest to Konda, with which it is 60% similar lexically.
Pronouns
editDe Vries (2004:147) reports the following pronouns for Yahadian.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | né(nigi) | ná(gigi) |
| 2nd person | é(rigi) | ádigi/adʒigi |
| 3rd person | mí(gigi) | míginaigi |
External links
edit- Paradisec has an open access collection from Bert Voorhoeve that includes Yahadian language materials
References
edit- ^ a b Yahadian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- de Vries, Lourens. 2004. A Short Grammar of Inanwatan: An endangered language of the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia. (Pacific Linguistics 560). Canberra: Australian National University.
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