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Yaqay
RegionIndonesia
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1987)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3jaq
Glottologyaqa1246

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.

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) (subscription required)