Yele language
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Name (Latin)
Yele language
Other forms of name
Rossel Island language
Rossel language
Yela language
Yelejong language
Yeletyne language
See Also From tracing topical name
Papuan languages
See Also From tracing place name
Papua New Guinea
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q36942
Library of congress:
sh 92004546
Sources of Information
- Rossel language publications(Rossel, spoken on Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea)
- Curr. trends ling.:v. 8, p. 841 (dialects of Rossel Island considered as a single language)
- Ethnologue:p. 390 (Yele (Yelejong, Rossel Island, Yela, Yeletyne))
- Ruhlen world lang.:p. 361 (Yele)
- Voegelin lang.:p. 183 (Yele)
- Wurm, S. Papuan langs. of Oceania, 1982:p. 233 (Yele isolate on Rossel Island)
Wikipedia description:
The Yele language, or Yélî Dnye (IPA: [ˈjelɯ ʈɳʲɛ]), is the language of Rossel Island, the easternmost island in the Louisiade Archipelago off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. There were an estimated 5,000 speakers in 2015, comprising the entire ethnic population. It is known for its many doubly articulated consonants. The language remains unclassified by linguists.
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