Yahadian language

Yahadian is a member of the Trans–New Guinea languages, spoken on the northwestern corner of the island of New Guinea. Three villages speak Yahadian: Mugim, Yahadian, and (parts of) Kais, with an estimated 1,200 speakers in 2002. They are all located on the south side of the Bird's Head peninsula in Indonesia. It does not appear to have a close relationship with its eastern neighbor, the Inanwatan language, with limited lexical overlap (8%) and far different phonology and morphology. ==Phonology==

Consonants Yahadian has 21 consonants, according to de Vries's analysis. Vowels Yahadian has eight vowels: Phonotactics The language generally uses CV or V syllables, with a few exceptions. CC consonant clusters require one of the consonants to be [r] or [t]. Nasals and liquids are the only observed word-final consonants. ==Morphology==

Yahadian has fairly simple morphology compared to its neighbors. It does not index the verb's arguments via affixes, unlike other South Bird's Head languages. ==Pronouns==

Gender is not known to be marked in Yahadian. ==Notes==