Yessan-Mayo Yawu New Testament (YSSWBT)

Overview

The New Testament in the Yawu dialect of Yessan-Mayo (autonym Yamano), a Papuan language of the Tama subgroup within the Sepik family. Yessan-Mayo is spoken in the villages of Maio and Yessan in the Ambunti Rural LLG of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Linguistic documentation of the language includes Velma Foreman's 1974 SIL grammar and Don Laycock's PARADISEC field recordings.

Language and People

Yessan-Mayo (ISO 639-3: yss) is spoken by approximately 1,990 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 5. [Glottolog: yawu1237]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. Translation type: New.

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