Yamap

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A language of Papua New Guinea

User Population

1,580 (2000 census).

Morobe province: Francisco river area.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 15

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Hote-Buang, Hote

Reportedly similar to Malei [hot] and Musim, a dialect of Malei.

Home, community, church. Used by all. Many also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Some also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Sunday reading booklets are being read aloud in homes. In church, people are taking turns reading Scripture verses from these booklets (2020 S. Paoli).

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Yamap

Latin script [Latn].