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Yam languages information


Yam
Morehead River
Geographic
distribution
Morehead River watershed, New Guinea
Linguistic classificationA primary language family
  • Yam
Subdivisions
  • Yey
  • Nambu
  • Tonda
Glottologmore1255
Map: The Yam languages of New Guinea
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The Yam languages, also known as the Morehead River languages, are a family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages south and west of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua.

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Yam languages

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New Yam Festival of the Igbo Yam languages, a family of Papuan languages Banu Yam, an Arabian tribe Yunarmiya (YAM), or Young Army Cadets National Movement...

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from purple yam, other common names include ten-months yam, water yam, white yam, winged yam, violet yam, Guyana arrowroot, or simply yam. Dioscorea alata...

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Tonda languages

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The Tonda languages form a branch of the Yam language family of southern New Guinea. There are over 10 languages. Tonda languages share some areal features...

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List of language families

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Tom yum

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Ngkolmpu Kanum language

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Lamine Yamal

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Chinese yam

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Simon Yam

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Simon Yam Tat-wah (Chinese: 任達華; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in...

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Smerki language

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Smerki is a Yam language spoken in Rawu Biru, Tomer, Tomerau, and Yakiw in southeast Merauke Regency, Indonesia. Bârkâli (Barkari) and Smärki may be distinct...

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Yam production in Nigeria

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million tonnes of yam from 1.5 million hectares, representing 73.8 percent of total yam production in Africa. According to 2008 figures, yam production in...

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Yam Suph

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In the Exodus narrative, Yam Suph (Hebrew: יַם-סוּף, romanized: Yam-Sūp̄, lit. 'Red Sea') or Red Sea, sometimes translated as Sea of Reds, is the body...

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Senary

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Papua New Guinea are the Yam languages. In these languages, counting is connected to ritualized yam-counting. These languages count from a base six, employing...

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Dioscorea bulbifera

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as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, and parsnip yam) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae...

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Bat Yam

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Bat Yam (Hebrew: בַּת יָם or בַּת־יָם‎ (audio)) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel...

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Neme language

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Neme (or Dorro, Karigari, Moi-e ~ Moive) is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Neme at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)...

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Dioscorea dumetorum

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also known as the bitter yam, cluster yam, trifoliate yam, or three-leaved yam, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family, Dioscorea. It is native...

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Yam O

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Yam O (Chinese: 陰澳) is a bay located on the northeast shore of Lantau Island, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is part of the Ma Wan constituency...

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Yei language

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required) Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area:...

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Donald Tsang

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Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen GBM KBE (Chinese: 曾蔭權; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of...

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Bislama

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various languages of Vanuatu—although these are essentially limited to flora and fauna terminology. While the influence of these vernacular languages is low...

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