Yali, Ninia

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Jaly, Jalè, Ninia, North Ngalik, Southern Yali, Yali, Yali Selatan

10,500 (1999 J. Wilson).

Papua province: central highlands, Holuwon, Lolat, and Ninia villages.

Language Maps

5* (Developing).

None known. Different from Yali of Pass Valley [yac], Yali of Angguruk [yli], and Hupla [hap].

Also use Indonesian [ind].

Literacy rate in L1: 20%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20%. Literature. Bible: 2000.

Latin script [Latn].

Christian, traditional religion.