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{{Infobox language
|image=Irgva.png
|imagesize= 250px
|name= ''Yrkyr language''
|nativename=''Jyrkyr''
|pronunciation=/ˈjər.kər/
|-
|creator=[[User:Raistas|Raistas]]
|setting=planet Morev
|-
|ethnicity=Jyrwutyr
|speakers= 70 000
|date=271 local year
|familycolor=#AFF2FF
|fam1=[[Yrharian languages|Yrharian]]
|ancestor=Proto-Yrharian
|ancestor2=Proto-North-Yrharian
|script=none
|-
|notice=IPA
}}
Yrkyr (Yr: ''jyrkyr'' /ˈjər.kər/, or ''jyrharkyr'' /jər.ˈhɑr.kər/) is a North [[Yrharian languages|Yrharian language]], spoken in the northeastern part of Mtovrex (''Turix''/tʷu.ˈrʲix/) in the Irgva continent (''Kynon'' /kə.ˈnʌn/). The name of the language means "the speech of the local people". The other living Yrharian language is Yhkagur /jə.ʰka.ɣʷur/ spoken further north between the White Mountains and the Shallow Sea, which is unintelligible to Yrkyr. Both languages evolved from a common ancestor approximately 2 000 years ago and still remain in contact, allowing new words entering easily. Yrkyr also underwent a slight Mtari influence by the contact with the Mtari people. It is reflected by the presence of many Mtari loanwords in its vocabulary, however they were adapted to the Yrkyr phonology and thus may be almost completely unrecognizable to a Mtari speaker.

The Yrkyr language has approximately 70 thousand native speakers, most of whom are monolingual and illiterate. Some also learned Mtari due to the modern compulsory education policy, which requires children to get a basic education in boarding schools.