Yaqay language

Yaqay
Native toIndonesia
RegionSouth Papua
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1987)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3jaq
Glottologyaqa1246

Yaqay (Yakhai, Yaqai, Jakai, Jaqai) is a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia by over 10,000 people. It is also called Mapi or Sohur; dialects are Oba-Miwamon, Nambiomon-Mabur, Bapai.

According to Ethnologue, Yaqay is spoken along the south coast of Mappi Regency, along the Obaa River north to the Gandaimu area.

  1. ^ Yaqay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)