Yele language

Yele
Yele
Yélî Dnye
Pronunciation	[jelɯ ʈɳʲɛ]
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago
Native speakers	5,000 (2015)
Language family	Yele – West New Britain languages ?; Austronesian? Yele;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yle
Glottolog	yele1255
ELP	Yele
	Coordinates: 11°21′S 154°09′E / 11.350°S 154.150°E
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The Yele language, or Yélî Dnye (IPA: [jelɯ ʈɳʲɛ]), is the language of Rossel Island, the easternmost island in the Louisiade Archipelago off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. There were an estimated 5,000 speakers in 2015, comprising the entire ethnic population.^[1] It is known for its many doubly articulated consonants. The language remains unclassified by linguists.

^ ^a ^b Yele at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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Yele
Yélî Dnye
Pronunciation	[jelɯ ʈɳʲɛ]
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago
Native speakers	5,000 (2015)^[1]
Language family	Yele – West New Britain languages ? Austronesian? Yele
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`yle`
Glottolog	`yele1255`
ELP	Yele
Coordinates: 11°21′S 154°09′E / 11.350°S 154.150°E / -11.350; 154.150^[2]
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.