Yalaku

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Buiamanambu, Kaunga, Yelogu

User Population

900 (Aikhenvald 2018). No monolinguals (Aikhenvald 2018). Ethnic population: 900 (Aikhenvald 2018).

East Sepik province: Ambunti district, 3 villages.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 5

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

3 mutually intelligible dialects, with 1 dialect spoken in each village (Aikhenvald 2018).

Some who marry into the language area do not learn the language (Aikhenvald 2018). Used by all. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Aikhenvald 2018). Many also use Kwoma [kmo] (Aikhenvald 2018). Some also use Manambu [mle], especially young people (Aikhenvald 2018). Used as L2 by Kwoma [kmo].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Yalaku

Latin script [Latn], limited usage.

Christian.