Karkar language

Karkar
Yuri
Karkar-Yuri
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionGreen River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province: along the PNG-Indonesia border.
Native speakers
(1,100 cited 1994)[1]
Pauwasi
Language codes
ISO 639-3yuj
Glottologkark1258
ELPKarkar-Yuri
Coordinates: 3°44′S 141°5′E / 3.733°S 141.083°E / -3.733; 141.083

The Karkar language, also known as Yuri, is the sole Eastern Pauwasi language of Papua New Guinea. There are about a thousand speakers along the Indonesian border spoken in Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.

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