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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Yimas

Yimas

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3yee

Population  300 (2000 S. Wurm).
Region  East Sepik Province, near Chambri, Arafundi and middle Karawari rivers.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 6, reference number 245
Dialects  Related to Tabriak [tzx].
Classification  Ramu-Lower Sepik, Lower Sepik, Karawari
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar.