Iau language

Not to be confused with Foi language, Turu language, or Yawa language.
Iau
Edopi, Turu
Native toIndonesia
RegionWestern New Guinea
EthnicityTuru
Native speakers
2,100 (2000–2012)[1]
Dialects
  • Foi
  • Turu
  • Iau
  • Edopi
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tmu – Iau
dbf – Edopi
Glottologiauu1242

Iau (Iaw, Yau) or Turu is a Lakes Plain language of West Papua, Indonesia, spoken by about 2,100 people, native speakers of this language are the Turu people (Iau). Most speakers are monolingual, and their number is growing. Other peoples in the western Lakes Plain area speak basic Iau. Iau is heavily tonal, with 11 tones on nouns and 19 simple and compound tones on verbs.

  1. ^ Iau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Edopi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)