Yaur or Jaur is a language in the Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) branch of the

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family spoken in

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. It has about 300 speakers. It is closely related to Yerisiam and more distantly to

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References

* Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. ''Atlas of World Languages'' (New York: Routledge, 1994) p. 111 * Kamholz, David
Yaur dictionary
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages Languages of Western New Guinea Papua (province) culture {{austronesian-lang-stub

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