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Iamalele

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: yml

Population	2,800 (1987 SIL). 40% monolingual.
Region	Milne Bay Province, Bwaidoka District, west Fergusson Island.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 785
Alternate names	Yamalele
Dialects	Didigavu, Gwabegwabe, Masimasi, Central Yamalele, Southern Yamalele. Lexical similarity: 64% with Koluwawa [klx] (most similar).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Bwaidoga
Language use	Some also use Bwaidoka [bwd] or Dobu [dob].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. NT: 1984–1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. Available: 2008; Created: 1976. Iamalele sentences.  

Anonymous. n.d.. Iamalele Organised Phonology Data.  

BEAUMONT, John R., author. 1988. "Grammatical features of cohesion in Iamalele."

BEAUMONT, John R., author. 2008. Grammatical features of prominence in Iamalele.  

BEAUMONT, John R.; BEAUMONT, Margaret, authors. 1975. Iamalele clause types and structure.  

BEAUMONT, John R.; BEAUMONT, Margaret, compilers. Available: 2007; Created: 1988-10-06. Iamalele-English dictionary.  

EZARD, Janet, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1970. Iamalele phonemics.  

EZARD, Janet, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1971. Stems and words in Iamalele.  

Vernacular Publications

Buki luʼiawawa ʼana veluga. 1984.

Buki luʼiawawa nagami. 1984.

Manuga ifuifufudi. 1988.

Vonu ifuifufuna. 1984.