Yerakai

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
yra
Alternate Names
Yerekai
User Population

380 (2000 census).

Location

East Sepik province: Ambunti district, southeast near government station. 2 villages.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Sepik, Yerakai
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 6% with Middle Sepik languages.

Language Use

All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Aikhenvald 2018).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yerakai
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.