Yahadian language
{{Short description|Yabin language spoken in Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Yahadian
|nativename=Yahadian-Mugim
|states=Southwest Papua, Indonesia
|region=Kampung Yahadian, Kais District and Kampung Mugim, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency in the Bird's Head Peninsula
|speakers=500
|date=1991
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans–New Guinea
|fam2=Berau Gulf
|fam3=Yabin
|iso3=ner
|glotto=yaha1248
|glottorefname=Yahadian
|coordinates = {{coords|-1.94|132.10|region:ID|display=inline}}
|pushpin_map = Indonesia Southwest Papua#Indonesia_Western New Guinea#Indonesia
}}
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.
Yahadian is closest to Konda, with which it is 60% similar lexically.
Pronouns
De Vries (2004:147) reports the following pronouns for Yahadian.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person
| né(nigi) || ná(gigi) | ||
| 2nd person
| é(rigi) || ádigi/adʒigi | ||
| 3rd person
| mí(gigi) || míginaigi |
External links
- Paradisec has an open access collection from Bert Voorhoeve that [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/CLV1 includes Yahadian language materials]
References
{{Reflist}}
- 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.
{{South Bird's Head languages}}
Category:Konda–Yahadian languages
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