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(Redirected from Yey language) Yam language spoken in South Papua, Indonesia Not to be confused with Yei language (Bantu).
Yei
Yey
RegionSouth Papua
EthnicityYei
Native speakers2,400 (2001)
Language familyTrans-Fly – Bulaka River?
Dialects
  • Upper
  • Lower
Language codes
ISO 639-3jei
Glottologyeii1239

Yei (Yey, Jei, Je, Yei-Nan) is a Papuan language spoken along the upper reaches of the Maro River, in the Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia. The Upper and Lower Yey dialects are only mutually intelligible with difficulty.

Distribution

According to Evans (2018), Yei is spoken in the villages of Po, Torai, Bupul, Tanas, and Kwel in Elikobal District [id], in eastern Merauke Regency, Indonesia.

References

  1. Yei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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Languages of Papua New Guinea
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