Yerisiam language

{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Yerisiam

|altname=Iresim

|nativename=gúà árínà

|region=West Papua

|states=Indonesia

|pushpin_map = Indonesia Western New Guinea

|coordinates = {{coord|-3.63|135.03|region:ID-PB}}

|speakers=70

|date=2000

|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=ire

|glotto=ires1239

|glottorefname=Yerisiam

}}

Yerisiam or Iresim is an Austronesian language in the Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) language group of Indonesian Papua. It is closely related to Yaur and more distantly to Umar.

References

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  • Kamholz, David. [http://lexifier.lautgesetz.com/lexicons/276a76d4-6b49-4d07-bd8c-866ac9d2b539/entries Yerisiam dictionary]

{{Halmahera–Cenderawasih languages}}

{{Austronesian languages}}

{{Languages of Indonesia}}

Category:South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages

Category:Languages of Western New Guinea

Category:Cenderawasih Bay

Category:Endangered Austronesian languages

Category:Tonal languages in non-tonal families

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