Yaur people
Yaur is an ethnic group who inhabit the northern coastal area of Nabire Regency precisely in Yaur District.[2] The area inhabited by the Yaur people is included in the Saireri customary territory which includes the northern coast of Nabire, Biak Islands, and Yapen Island.[3]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 700[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Central Papua | |
| Languages | |
| Yaur Papuan Malay (lingua franca) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianism, Traditional religion (majority), Islam (minority)[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Austronesian • Papuan |
Language
Yaur or Jaur is a language that belongs to the Cendrawasih language family (Gelvink Bay) a branch of the Austronesian spoken in Central Papua Province, Indonesia. This language has about 300 speakers.[4]
See also
References
- "Yaur in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- "Mengenal Etnisitas dalam Pola Kekerabatan Masyarakat Pesisir Papua". www.nabire.info (in Indonesian). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- Aldi Bimantara, Roy Ratumakin (29 June 2022). "Tolak Nabire Jadi Ibu Kota Papua Tengah, Kepala Suku Besar Yaur: Kami Saireri!". papua.tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- Moseley, Christopher dan R.E. Asher, ed. Atlas of World Languages (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 111
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