Yaur is an
ethnic group who inhabit the northern coastal area of
Nabire Regency
Nabire Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It covers an area of 12,010.65 km2, and had a population of 129,893 at the 2010 Census and 169,136 at the 2020 Census, comprising 87,688 males and ...
precisely in Yaur District. The area inhabited by the Yaur people is included in the Saireri customary territory which includes the northern coast of Nabire,
Biak Islands
Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and corals.
The large ...
, and
Yapen Island
Yapen (also Japan, Jobi) is an island of Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island a ...
.
Language
Yaur or Jaur is a
language
Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of ...
that belongs to the
Cendrawasih language family (Gelvink Bay) a branch of the
Austronesian spoken in
Central Papua Province,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. This language has about 300 speakers.
[Moseley, Christopher dan R.E. Asher, ed. ''Atlas of World Languages'' (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 111]
See also
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Indigenous people of New Guinea
The indigenous peoples of West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Arch ...
References
Ethnic groups in Indonesia
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