Yis language

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Yis
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
800 (2014) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yis
Glottolog yiss1240
ELP Yis

Yis is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Yis at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg