Yessan-Mayo language
Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
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Yessan-Mayo (also known as Yesan, Mayo, and natively known as Yamano[1]) is a Papuan language spoken by 2000 people in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Maio (4.21379°S 142.675929°E) and Yessan (4.219025°S 142.66658°E) villages of Yessan ward, Ambunti Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[2][3]
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 2000 census)[1]| Yessan-Mayo | |
|---|---|
| Yamano | |
| Region | East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (2,000 cited 2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yss |
| Glottolog | yess1239 |
| ELP | Yessan-Mayo |
Phonology
Pronouns
Foreman (1974)[5] describes two kinds of pronouns in Yessan-Mayo: non-emphatic and emphatic pronouns.
In addition to the non-emphatic pronouns, there is also the reflexive pronoun kwarara (self), as well as the demonstrative pronouns op (this) and otop (that).
Non-emphatic
| singular | dual | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | an | nis | nim | |
| 2nd person | ni | kep | kom | |
| 3rd person | male | ri | rip | rim |
| female | ti | |||
Emphatic
| singular | dual | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | arin | nisis | nirim | |
| 2nd person | nirin | kerip | kerim | |
| 3rd person | male | atar | atep | atem |
| female | atat | |||
External links
- Paradisec has a collection of Don Laycock's (DL2) that includes Yessan-Mayo language materials.
