Yipma

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
byr
Alternate Names
Barua, Baruya
Autonym
Yɨ’mayagaala
User Population

9,610 (2000 census).

Location

Eastern Highlands province: Marawaka district.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Angan, Nuclear Angan
Dialects

Wantakia, Baruya, Gulicha, Usirampia (Wuzuraabya).

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Bonnemère 2016).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%–20%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1994.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yipma
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.