Yele
Facts
- Language: Yele
- Alternate names: Yelejong, Rossel, Yela, Yeletnye, Yelidnye, Yélî Dnye
- Language code: yle
- Language family:
East-Papuan,
Yele-Solomons-New Britain,
Yele-Solomons,
Yele
(SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 3750
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Yele is the language of Rossel island, the easternmost island in the Louisiade Archipelago off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea.
Verb
Transitive verb: pwââ (break something)
| Citation form | pwââ |
| Punct. imperative | pwaa ngi |
| Punct. prox. past | pwââ/puwâ |
| Punct. remote past | pwââ/puwâ |
| Followed | pwaa wo |
| Continuous | pwaapî |
Transitive verb: pwópu (to break, intransitive)
| Citation form | pwópu |
| Punct. imperative | pwédi! |
| Punct. prox. past | pwópu |
| Punct. remote past | pwaa wo |
| Followed | pwaa wo |
| Continuous | pwópupwópu |
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