Endangered Languages Project - Yessan-Mayo

Yessan-Mayo

^{[aka Maio-Yesan, Mayo-Yesan, Yasyin]}

Classification: Sepik

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Maio-Yesan, Mayo-Yesan, Yasyin, Yesan, Mayo, Yamano
CLASSIFICATION		Sepik, Tama
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		yss
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Yau (Yaw)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Grammar of Yessan-Mayo” . Foreman, Velma M. (1974) Summer Institute of Linguistics

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The major dialect is spoken by more than 500 people..."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ambunti Sub-district, East Sepik Province

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,990
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"(2000 census). 993 Yawu dialect (2000 census)."

DATE OF INFO: 2000

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Ambunti district; Sandaun Province, Wan Wan district, south of Mehek. 10 villages."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
599
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 7 villages: Maio, Yessan, Asawur, Nau'ali, Yaunget, Warasai, and Alikai.

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)