| Yessan | |
|---|---|
| Yessan-Mayo | |
| Region | East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2000 census) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yss |
| Glottolog | yess1239 |
| ELP | Yessan-Mayo |
Yessan-Mayo (also known as Yessan or Mayo, as well as Yamano [2] ) is a Papuan language spoken by 2000 people in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Maio ( 4°12′50″S142°40′33″E / 4.21379°S 142.675929°E ) and Yessan ( 4°13′08″S142°40′00″E / 4.219025°S 142.66658°E ) villages of Yessan ward, Ambunti Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [3] [4]
Yessan-Mayo pronouns from Foreman (1974), as cited in Foley (2018): [5] [2]
| sg | du | pl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ene | nenden | nemen |
| 2 | ne | kefen | kemen |
| 3m | re | fe | me |
| 3f | te |
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