Yaqay language

Yaqay (Yaqai, Jakai, Jaqai) is a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia by over ten thousand people. It is also called Mapi or Sohur; dialects are Oba-Miwamon, Nambiomon-Mabur, Bapai.

Yaqay
RegionIndonesia
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1987)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
  • Fly River (Anim)
    • Marind–Yakhai
      • Yaqay languages
        • Yaqay
Language codes
ISO 639-3jaq
Glottologyaqa1246[2]

According to Ethnologue, Yaqay is spoken along the south coast of Mappi Regency, along the Obaa River north to the Gandaimu area.

References
  1. Yaqay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yaqay". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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