Yagaria is a Papuan language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Named dialects are Kami-Kulaka, Move, Ologuti, Dagenava, Kamate, Hira, Hua (Huva) and Kotom.

The Yagaria people live in low areas about 1,400 meters (4,500 ft.) above sea level with a warm and dry climate around Kami and Gotomi.

They harvest and plant sweet potatoes, taro, yams, sugarcane, bananas, beans, "pitpit", and different types of spinach.

Examples of using Long forms basweet potatoyanataroegebananagilenacornba yana ege gilena{sweet potato} taro banana cornsweet potato taro banana cornanawomanhoyaworkno'-eli-ePROG-do-INDana hoya no'-eli-ewoman work PROG-do-INDthe woman is workingLong forms as an object: vemanagaeaheanawomaneli-d-i-etake-PAST-3.SG-INDve agaea ana eli-d-i-eman he woman take-PAST-3.SG-INDthe man took the womanShort forms as subject in intransitive clause and as an object: faya'fishni-pi'water-INbei-d-i-elive-PAST-3.SG-INDfaya' ni-pi' bei-d-i-efish water-IN live-PAST-3.SG-INDthere are fish in the wateryalepeoplepagaeatheyyo'housegi-d-a-ebuild-PAST-3.PL-INDyale pagaea yo' gi-d-a-epeople they house build-PAST-3.PL-INDthe people built a houseClass 2 nouns have some ending in -na, and is never omitted.

Examples: dote'nadote'nafooddote'edibleyavatreelaga-'afruit-itsdote' yava laga-'aedible tree fruit-itsedible tree-fruitdote'na-kafood-yourno-k-am-u-ePROG-you-give-1.SG-INDdote'na-ka no-k-am-u-efood-your PROG-you-give-1.SG-INDI am giving you your foodfilite'nafilite'nadeathfilite'deadyalepeoplefilite' yaledead peopledead peoplefilite'na-e'death-BENl-amotaus-fearno'-ei-eINDfilite'na-e' l-amota no'-ei-edeath-BEN us-fear INDwe are afraid of deathnalu-diwife-mynalu-diwife-mymy wifeda-nalu-dimy-wife-myda-nalu-dimy-wife-mymy wifeYagaria has a distinction between primary and secondary adjectives.