Yei language
{{Short description|Yam language spoken in South Papua, Indonesia}}
{{distinguish|Yei language (Bantu)}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Yei
|altname=Yey
|region=South Papua
|ethnicity= Yei
|speakers={{sigfig|2390|2}}
|date=2001
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
|fam2=Yam
|dia1=Upper
|dia2=Lower
|iso3=jei
|glotto=yeii1239
|glottorefname=Yei
}}
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 {{ill|Elikobal District|id|Elikobal, Merauke}}, in eastern Merauke Regency, Indonesia.{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |author-link=Nicholas Evans (linguist) |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The languages of Southern New Guinea |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=641–774 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}
References
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{{Yam languages}}
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
Category:Languages of Western New Guinea
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