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Yetfa language

Yetfa (ISO 639-3 code yet) is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It has about 1,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codeyet
Glottocodeyetf1238
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaPapunesia
CountriesIndonesia, Papua New Guinea
Speakers (estimate)1,000
EndangermentThreatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

More about Yetfa

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.