Yerakai language
Yerakai | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 380 (2000 census)[1] |
Sepik
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yra |
Glottolog | yera1243 |
ELP | Yerakai |
Coordinates: 4°16′49″S 142°55′27″E / 4.280234°S 142.924084°ECoordinates: 4°16′49″S 142°55′27″E / 4.280234°S 142.924084°E |
Yerakai (Yerekai) is a Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua-New Guinea. It is highly divergent from other Sepik languages, being only 6% cognate with other Middle Sepik languages. Glottolog leaves it unclassified.[2]
It is spoken in Yerakai (4°16′49″S 142°55′27″E / 4.280234°S 142.924084°E) village, Yerakai ward, Ambunti Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[3][4]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Yerakai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Yerakai". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
Categories:
- Middle Sepik languages
- Languages of East Sepik Province
- Language isolates of New Guinea
- Papuan language stubs