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Yale language

Yale (ISO 639-3 code nce) is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has about 580 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codence
Glottocodeyale1246
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaPapunesia
CountriesPapua New Guinea
Speakers (estimate)580
EndangermentEndangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

More about Yale

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.