Yele is spoken by about 5,000 people on Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province in the east of Papua New Guinea. Some linguists classify Yele as an East Papuan language possibly related to other languages of New Britain, such as Anêm and Ata, while others classify it as a language isolate.
Yele is also known as Yeleyong, Yela, Yeletnye, Yelidnye or Rossel. Yele speakers call their language Yélî Dnye [ˈjelɯ ʈɳʲɛ]. It is written with the Latin alphabet.
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Kiye w꞉ââ u pi Peetuuki, ka kwo, Doongê. Nê kuu. Daa a w꞉ââ. Nkal u w꞉ââ. Nkal ngê yinê kaa ngê. W꞉ââ dono. Pi yilî u te. U nuu u pi da tóó. Pi u lama daa tóó. M꞉iituwo Yidika, Mépé tp꞉oo mî kiye ngê. Daanté. Mépé dono ngê pyodo. Apê, W꞉ââ mbwamê nînê châpwo. Nkal ngê kwo, "Up꞉o" . W꞉ââ mî mbêpê wo, chii mênê. Mépé ngê w꞉ââ mbwamê mêdîpê châpwo. Awêde ka kwo, Doongê. Pi maa daa t꞉a. A danêmbum u dî.
The savage dog is called "Peetuuki", and he lives at Doongê. It's nothing to do with me. It's not my dog. It's Nkal's dog. He raised it. It's a bad dog. It bites everyone. It doesn't like anyone. Recently it bit Mépé's son, Yidika. It really bit him hard. Mépé became very angry, and said, 'I'm going to kill that dog'. The dog ran away into the bush, so Mépé could not kill it. So now it's still there at Doongê, so there's not a safe road through there. That's the end of my story.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yele_language#Sample_text
Information about Yele language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yele_language
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yélî_Dnye
https://www.academia.edu/114970649/Phonology_and_grammar_of_Yele_Papua_New_Guinea
http://www.language-archives.org/language/yle
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/yle
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Adaizan, Ainu, Basque, Burushaski, Candoshi-Shapra, Chitimacha, Eskayan, Hadza, Haida, Karuk, Kawésqar, Keres, Kuot, Kusunda, Kutenai, Natchez, Nihali, Nivkh, Páez, Purepecha, Sandawe, Seri, Sumerian, Tartessian, Ticuna, Tiwi, Tonkawa, Tunica, Urarina, Waorani, Warao, Wardaman, Washo, Yaghan, Yele, Yuchi/Euchee, Zuni
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