Iamalele

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A language of Papua New Guinea

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Alternate Names
Yamalele
Population

2,800 (1987 SIL). 1,120 monolinguals.

Location

Milne Bay Province, Bwaidoka district, west Fergusson island.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Bwaidoga
Dialects

Central Yamalele, Didigavu, Gwabegwabe, Masimasi, Southern Yamalele. Lexical similarity: 64% with Koluwawa [klx] (most similar).

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Also use Bwaidoka [bwd], Dobu [dob]. Used as L2 by Koluwawa [klx], Minaveha [mvn].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. NT: 1984–1999.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Iamalele
Writing

Latin script [Latn].