Yaul, also known as Ulwa, is a severely endangered
Keram language
The Keram languages of New Guinea are part of the Ramu family. They are the Mongol–Langam languages and a pair of languages sometimes thought to belong to the Grass family. (See Grass languages for the history of classification.)
Foley (2018) ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. It is spoken fluently by fewer than 700 people and semi-fluently by around 1,250 people in four villages of the
Angoram District
Angoram is a town and seat of Angoram District in East Sepik Province in north-western Papua New Guinea. The area is noted for its rubber and cocoa plantations and the town is situated on the Sepik River. The town is served by Angoram Airport. It i ...
of the
East Sepik Province
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size.
History
Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier ...
: Manu, Maruat, Dimiri, and Yaul.
According to Barlow (2018), speakers in Maruat, Dimiri, and Yaul villages speak similar versions of Ulwa, while those in Manu speak a considerably different version. Thus, he postulates that there are two different dialects of Ulwa.
References
Sources
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* Barlow, Russell. 2023.
A grammar of Ulwa (Papua New Guinea)'. (Comprehensive Grammar Library). Berlin:
Language Science Press
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.
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External links
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* Paradisec has two collections with Yaul materials, including Don Laycock'
DL2
collection, an
JM1
Languages of East Sepik Province
Mongol–Langam languages
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