Yahadian language

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Yahadian
Yahadian-Mugim
Native toSouthwest Papua, Indonesia
RegionKampung Yahadian, Kais District and Kampung Mugim, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency in the Bird's Head Peninsula
Native speakers
(500 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ner
Glottologyaha1248
Approximate location where Yahadian is spoken
Approximate location where Yahadian is spoken
Yahadian
Approximate location where Yahadian is spoken
Approximate location where Yahadian is spoken
Yahadian
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 Southwest Papua. It is spoken in Yahadian village, Kais District, South Sorong Regency.[1]

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

Pronouns

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

singular plural
1st person né(nigi) ná(gigi)
2nd person é(rigi) ádigi/adʒigi
3rd person mí(gigi) míginaigi

References

  1. ^ a b Yahadian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  • 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.