SLL ISO 639-3
Yui
Yui Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- sll
- Alternate Names
- Iui, Salt, Salt-Iui, Salt-Yui
- Autonym
- Yui
- Population
- 6,500 (Wurm and Hattori 1981), decreasing.
- Location:
- Chimbu province: Gumine district. 10 villages.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Trans-New Guinea, Chimbu-Wahgi, Chimbu
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Kamasunga 2014). Also use Kuman [kue].
- Language Development
- Grammar. NT: 1978.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Yui
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Most young people and adults have migrated to towns for work, and the children that come along with them speak Tok Pisin [tpi] as their first and only language (Kamasunga 2014).
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Chimbu province: Gumine district. 10 villages.
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