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

Yerakai

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3yra

Population  380 (2000 census).
Region  East Sepik Province, Ambunti District, southeast near government station. 2 villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 153
Alternate names   Yerekai
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 6% with Middle Sepik languages.
Classification  Sepik, Yerakai
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.
Comments  Traditional religion, Christian.