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ISO 639-3 · yssyss
Sepik family

Yessan

Yessan is a language of the Tama branch (Sepik), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata describes it as “Papuan language”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
yss
Glottocode
yess1239
Family
Sepik
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameYessan
Also calledYessan-Mayo, Yessan language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Sepik to Yessan

The branches above Yessan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

44Sepikfamily4TamabranchyssYessanlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting