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

Yakaikeke

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3ykk

Population  100 (1998 SIL).
Region  Milne Bay Province, Alotau District, Weraura Local Government Area, Goodenough Bay between Wedau and Radava, near Manubada at Diruna only.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 803
Alternate names   Iakaikeke
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 65% with Wedau [wed] (most similar), 58% with Kwamana dialect of Wedau [wed], 48% with Ghayavi [bmk] (at Radava).
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Are-Taupota, Taupota