Yessan-Mayo language

Not to be confused with Mayo language.
Yessan-Mayo
Yamano
RegionEast Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
2,000 (2000 census)[1]
Sepik
Language codes
ISO 639-3yss
Glottologyess1239
ELPYessan-Mayo
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Yessan-Mayo (also known as Yesan, Mayo, and natively known as Yamano[1]) is a Papuan language spoken by 2000 people in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Maio (4°12′50″S 142°40′33″E / 4.21379°S 142.675929°E / -4.21379; 142.675929 (Maio)) and Yessan (4°13′08″S 142°40′00″E / 4.219025°S 142.66658°E / -4.219025; 142.66658 (Yessan)) villages of Yessan ward, Ambunti Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Yessan-Mayo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.