Yessan-Mayo language

Yessan-Mayo
Yessan-Mayo
Yamano
Region	East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	(2,000 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Sepik Tama Yessan-Mayo; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yss
Glottolog	yess1239
ELP	Yessan-Mayo

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Yessan-Mayo (also known as Yesan, Mayo, and natively known as Yamano) is a Papuan language spoken by 2000 people in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Maio (4°12′50″S 142°40′33″E / 4.21379°S 142.675929°E / -4.21379; 142.675929 (Maio)) and Yessan (4°13′08″S 142°40′00″E / 4.219025°S 142.66658°E / -4.219025; 142.66658 (Yessan)) villages of Yessan ward, Ambunti Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.

Phonology

The phonology of Yessan-Mayo is described in Foley (2018) as such:

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close		ɨ
Mid		ə	ɔ
Open	a

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	plain	labialized	Glottal
Plosive	plain		t		k	kʷ
Plosive	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑg	ᵑgʷ
Fricative		ɸ	s				h
Nasal		m	n
Trill			r
Approximant			l	j		w

Pronouns

Foreman (1974) describes two kinds of pronouns in Yessan-Mayo: non-emphatic and emphatic pronouns.

In addition to the non-emphatic pronouns, there is also the reflexive pronoun kwarara (self), as well as the demonstrative pronouns op (this) and otop (that).

Non-emphatic

		singular	dual	plural
1st person		an	nis	nim
2nd person		ni	kep	kom
3rd person	male	ri	rip	rim
3rd person	female	ti	rip	rim

Emphatic

		singular	dual	plural
1st person		arin	nisis	nirim
2nd person		nirin	kerip	kerim
3rd person	male	atar	atep	atem
3rd person	female	atat	atep	atem

External links

Paradisec has a collection of Don Laycock's (DL2) that includes Yessan-Mayo language materials.

References

1 2 Yessan-Mayo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
↑ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
↑ Foreman, Velma (1974). Grammar of Yessan-Mayo. Santa Ana, California: Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 0883122049 – via Internet Archive.

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[e25-1] 1 2 Yessan-Mayo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[Ethnologue22-PNG-2] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

[UN-PNG-3] United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

[Foley-Sepik-4] Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

[5] Foreman, Velma (1974). Grammar of Yessan-Mayo. Santa Ana, California: Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 0883122049 – via Internet Archive.