Yele

Yele is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea, by about 5,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

Yele · 11.4°S 154.1°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

The Yele language, or Yélî Dnye (IPA: [ˈjelɯ ʈᶯʲɛ]), is the language of Rossel Island, the easternmost island in the Louisiade Archipelago off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. There were an estimated 5,000 speakers in 2015, comprising the entire ethnic population. It is known for its many doubly articulated consonants. The language remains unclassified by linguists.

From Wikipedia · Yele language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Yele

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	pi*
name	pi*
eye	ngwala*
ear	nganea*
nose	nnu*
tooth	ngio*
tongue	t3*
hand	bwoa*
blood	w3*
bone	t3n3*
skin	tope*
knee	yimboro*
breast	ngmo*
liver	kwere*
water	mbuwa*
fire	deua*
sun	gara*
star	puru*
stone	chebu*
mountain	mbu*
tree	yi*
leaf	yiya*
night	mb3r3*
dog	wa*
fish	ta*
louse	y3m3we*
one	munda*
two	miyo*
I	n3*
you	nyi*