Yei language

Yei
Yei
Yey
Region	South Papua
Ethnicity	Yei
Native speakers	(2,400 cited 2001)
Language family	Trans-Fly – Bulaka River? Yam Yei; ;
Dialects	Upper; Lower;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jei
Glottolog	yeii1239

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, in eastern Merauke Regency, Indonesia.²

References

Yei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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.

[e18-1] Yei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Evans-Southern-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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