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

Yil

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3yll

Population  2,470 (2000 census).
Region  Sandaun Province, northwest of Au [avt]. 16 villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 118
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 23% with Au.
Classification  Torricelli, Wapei-Palei, Wapei
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. n.d.. Yil Organised Phonology Data.  Available online

BUGENHAGEN, Salme E.; MARTENS, Mary, authors. 1977. A tentative phonemic statement in Yil in West Sepik province.  Available online