The Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages consist of half a dozen languages spoken on the northern coast of Papua province of Indonesia:[1] Ross (1988) had considered Sarmi and Jayapura Bay (Kayapulau, Orma and Tobati) to be separate but related groups.
Ross (1988) listed several additional Sarmi languages: The inclusion of a supposed Yarsun language[2] appears to be due to confusion of language names with island names.
No such language is attested; the island is located between that of the Anus and Podena languages, and all three islands are reported to speak dialects of a single language according to the first source to mention it.
[4] Grace (1971:34–37) published a table of sound correspondences for the Sarmi languages, from which the following forms are gleaned.
The languages are arranged from west to east.