Yei language

Not to be confused with Yei language (Bantu).

Yei (Yey, Jei, Je, Yei-Nan) is a Papuan language spoken along the upper reaches of the Maro River, in the Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia. The Upper and Lower Yey dialects are only mutually intelligible with difficulty.

Yei
Yey
Region	South Papua
Ethnicity	Yei
Native speakers	2,400 (2001)[1]
Language family	Trans-Fly – Bulaka River? Yam Yei
Dialects	Upper Lower
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jei
Glottolog	yeii1239

Distribution

According to Evans (2018), Yei is spoken in the villages of Po, Torai, Bupul, Tanas, and Kwel in Elikobal District [id], in eastern Merauke Regency, Indonesia.^[2]