Alternate Names: Yupna
Dialects: Isan, Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 9,000 (2010 SIL), increasing. 6,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 9,000.
Language Use: Yopno is preferred unless non-Yopno are present; then Tok Pisin [tpi] is used. Most domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. 2,000 also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%–35%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 2010.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.