Iau language

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Not to be confused with Foi language, Turu language, or Yawa language.

Iau
Edopi Turu
Region	New Guinea
Native speakers	2,100 (2000–2012)^[1]
Language family	Lakes Plain Tariku Iau
Dialects	Foi Turu Iau Edopi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `tmu` – Iau `dbf` – Edopi

Iau (Iaw, Yau) or Turu is a Lakes Plain language of West Papua, Indonesia, spoken by about 600 people. Most speakers are monolingual, and their number is growing. Other peoples in the western Lakes Plain area speak basic Iau. Iau is tonal.

Dialects are Foi (Poi), Turu, Edopi (Elopi), and Iau proper; these may be distinct enough to be considered separate languages. Foi is spoken on the large Tariku River (Rouffaer River), Turu on the Van Daalen River, Iau proper between the rivers, and Edopi at the juncture of the Tariku and Kliki (Fou) rivers.

Another name for the language is Urundi ~ Ururi. Dosobou (Dou, Doufou) is specifically Edopi.

References

↑ Iau reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Edopi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

Iau language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

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