Yaur language

{{Short description|Language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Yaur

|altname=Jaur

|nativename=rí hègùuré

|region=Central Papua

|ethnicity = Yaur

|states=Indonesia

|pushpin_map = Indonesia Central Papua

|coordinates = {{coord|-3.33|134.88|region:ID-PB}}

|speakers=350

|date=1978

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

|fam4=Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

|fam5=South Halmahera–West New Guinea

|fam6=Cenderawasih Bay

|fam7=Southwestern

|fam8=Yaur-Yerisiam

|iso3=jau

|glotto=yaur1239

|glottorefname=Yaur

}}

Yaur or Jaur is a language in the Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) branch of the Austronesian family spoken in Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. It has about 300 speakers. It is closely related to Yerisiam and more distantly to Umar.