Yoba language

Extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea
Yoba
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionCentral Province
Extinct1980s[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Western Oceanic
Language codes
ISO 639-3yob
Glottologyoba1237

Yoba is an extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and in turn influencing them, before speakers shifted to those languages.

  • Paradisec has the Tom Dutton collection (TD1) that includes Yoba language materials.

See also

  • Magori language, a similar situation

References

  1. ^ Yoba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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