Yahadian language

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Yahadian
Nerigo
Native toWest Papua, Indonesia
RegionYahadian village, Kais District, South Sorong Regency in the Bird's Head Peninsula
Native speakers
(500 cited 1991)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
  • Berau Gulf
    • Yabin
      • Yahadian
Language codes
ISO 639-3ner
Glottologyaha1248
Approximate location where Yahadian is spoken
Approximate location where Yahadian is spoken
Yahadian
Coordinates: 1°56′S 132°06′E / 1.94°S 132.10°E / -1.94; 132.10

Yahadian is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua. It is spoken in Yahadian village, Kais District, South Sorong Regency.[2]

Yahadian is closest to Konda, with which it is 60% similar lexically.

Pronouns[]

De Vries (2004:147) reports the following pronouns for Yahadian.

SG PL
1 né(nigi) ná(gigi)
2 é(rigi) ádigi/adʒigi
3 mí(gigi) míginaigi

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Yahadian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  • de Vries, Lourens. 2004. A Short Grammar of Inanwatan: An endangered language of the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia. (Pacific Linguistics 560). Canberra: Australian National University.



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