Yei language

Yei
Yey
RegionSouth Papua
EthnicityYei
Native speakers
2,400 (2001)[1]
Dialects
  • Upper
  • Lower
Language codes
ISO 639-3jei
Glottologyeii1239

Yei (Yey, Jei, Je, Yei-Nan) is a Papuan language spoken along the upper reaches of the Maro River, in the Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia. The Upper and Lower Yey dialects are only mutually intelligible with difficulty.

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