Alternate Names: Yamalele
Dialects: Central Yamalele, Didigavu, Gwabegwabe, Masimasi, Southern Yamalele. Lexical similarity: 64% with Koluwawa , (most similar).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,800 (1987 SIL). 1,120 monolinguals.
Language Use: Also use Bwaidoka [bwd], Dobu [dob]. Used as L2 by Koluwawa [klx], Minaveha [mvn].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. NT: 1984–1999.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea