Yaur language

Yaur
Yaur
Jaur
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Central Papua
Ethnicity	Yaur
Native speakers	(350 cited 1978)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Cenderawasih Bay Yaur; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jau
Glottolog	yaur1239
	Yaur
	Coordinates: 3°20′S 134°53′E / 3.33°S 134.88°E

Yaur or Jaur is a language in the putative Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) branch of the Austronesian family spoken in Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. It has about 300 speakers.

References

Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of World Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 111

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