Yerakai language

Yerakai (Yerekai) is a Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua-New Guinea. It is highly divergent from other Sepik languages, being only 6% cognate with other Middle Sepik languages. Glottolog leaves it unclassified.^[2]

Yerakai
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province
Native speakers	(380 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Sepik Middle Sepik Ndu–Yerekai Yerakai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yra
Glottolog	yera1243
ELP	Yerakai
Coordinates: 4.280234°S 142.924084°E / -4.280234; 142.924084 (Yerakai)

It is spoken in Yerakai (4.280234°S 142.924084°E / -4.280234; 142.924084 (Yerakai)) village, Yerakai ward, Ambunti Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.^[1][3]

External links

• Paradisec has a collection of Don Laycock's (DL2) that includes Yerakai language materials.