Yaur or Jaur is a language in the putative
Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) branch of the
Austronesian family spoken in
Papua province
Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. It is bordered by the ...
,
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, or Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the Melanesian island of New Guinea which is administered by Indonesia. Since the island is alternatively named as Papua, the region ...
. It has about 300 speakers.
See also
*
Yaur people
References
* Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. ''Atlas of World Languages'' (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 111
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Languages of western New Guinea
Papua (province) culture
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