Yawa language

Not to be confused with Yapen languages.

Yawa
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Cenderawasih Bay
Native speakers	10,000 (2011)^[1]
Language family	West Papuan ? Yawan Yawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`yva`
Glottolog	`nucl1454`^[2]

Yawa (Yava) is the Papuan language of central Yapen Island in Geelvink (Cenderawasih) Bay, Indonesia. Alternative names are Iau (not the same as Iau language), Mantembu, Mora, Turu, and Yapanani.

References

↑ Yawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nuclear Yawa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

West Papuan languages

Central Bird's Head

Sahu	Gamkonora Sahu Waioli

Galela–Tobelo	Galela Loloda Modole Pagu Tabaru Tobelo

Others	Ternate Tidore West Makian

Others

Extended
West Papuan

East Bird's Head
–Sentani

East Bird's Head	Mantion Meax Meninggo Saponi

Sentani	Demta Sentani Nafri Tabla

Others	Burmeso Tause

Yawa

Saweru
Yawa

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