The Yuat languages are an independent family of five Papuan languages spoken along the Yuat River in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are an independent family in the classification of Malcolm Ross, but are included in Stephen Wurm's Sepik–Ramu proposal. However, Foley and Ross could find no lexical or morphological evidence that they are related to the Sepik or Ramu languages. It is named after the Yuat River of northern Papua New Guinea. Yuat languages are spoken mostly in Yuat Rural LLG of East Sepik Province. Languages The Yuat languages proper are: Changriwa Mekmek Kyenele (Miyak) Biwat (Mundugumor) Bun Classification Foley (2018) provides the following classification. Yuat family Changriwa Mekmek Miyak; Bun, Mundukumo (Biwat) Changriwa and Mekmek are attested only by short words, and are tentatively grouped as separate branches by Foley (2018: 226) due to scanty evidence. Pronouns The pronouns Ross (2005) reconstructs for proto-Yuat are: {| class=wikitable |- | I || *ŋun || we || *amba |- | thou || *ndi || you || *mba |- | s/he || *wu || they || ? |} Mundukumo and Miyak pronouns are: {| ! person !! Mundukumo !! Miyak |- ! 1sg | ŋə || ŋə |- ! 2sg | də || də |- ! 3sg | u || u |- ! 1excl | i || ni |- ! 1incl | abə || aba |- ! 2pl | ya || be |- ! 3pl | wa || vara |} Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from Davies & Comrie (1985), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: {| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Biwat !! Kyenele (Kyaimbarang dialect) !! Kyenele (Miyak dialect) |- ! head | fop; fopeh || ϕɔp∘ || ᵽop |- ! hair | fufuimaivi; fufuimaye || ϕə'ziru || fusibɩľu |- ! ear | tuanhe; tundu || 'twan || tandu |- ! eye | siketeh; sipta || 'ɕikɯ || sɩpʰala |- ! nose | gerekeh; ŋerek || 'ŋəŋərɩ || nʌnɛlɩŋ |- ! tooth | andu; andusivahe || 'ŋandu || ŋandu |- ! tongue | be; behe || 'mbᴶe || mpe |- ! leg | gambang; geambangeh || ŋkaᵐbaᵐgat∘ || ŋgambaŋ |- ! louse | uta; utaeh || uta || wututʰoma |- ! dog | ken; kenhe || kᴶɛn || gɛn |- ! pig | vereh; vre || βɛrɩ || ƀeǏe |- ! bird | kaok; kaokhek || hɔpᴶɛ || wanma |- ! egg |