Language name and locationː Yeri, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]语言名称和分布地区: 耶里语, (雅蓬达语Yapunda), 巴布亚新几内亚桑道恩省

1. napapɨ, nanpapɨ, ŋa, ŋan *

21.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli hawal wɔli wɔli ŋan siwei

2. wiyei, wiyam

22.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli wiyam siwei

3. wiyei ŋa, wiyam ŋan

23.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli wiyam siwei

4. wiyei wiyei, wiyam wiyam

24.  ɨlɔŋ. w. w. h. wɔli wɔli wiyam ŋan siwei

5. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli

25.  ɨlɔŋ. w. w. h. w. w. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli siwei

6. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli ŋan namɨr wɔli

26.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 6 + siwei

7. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli wiyei namɨr wɔli 

27.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 7 + siwei

8. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli wiyei ŋan namɨr wɔli  

28.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 8 + siwei

9. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli wiyei wiyei namɨr wɔli   

29.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 9 + siwei

10. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli wɔli

30.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 10

11. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli wɔli ŋan namɨr hawal

40.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 20

12. ɨlɔŋɡɨl w. w. wiyam namɨr hawal

50.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 30

13. ɨlɔŋ. w. w. wiyam ŋan namɨr hawal

60.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 40

14. ɨlɔŋ. w. w. wiyam wiyam n. hawal

70.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 50

15. ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli hawal wɔli 

80.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 60

16. ɨl. w. w. h. w. ŋan namɨr hawal wɔli

90.  ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 70 

17. ɨl. w. w. h. w. + 2 n. hawal wɔli

100. ɨlɔŋ. wɔli wɔli h. wɔli wɔli + 80

18. ɨl. w. w. h. w. + 3 n. hawal wɔli

200.

19. ɨl. w. w. h. w. + 3 n. hawal wɔli

1000.

20. ɨlɔŋɡɨl wɔli wɔli hawal wɔli wɔli

2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jennifer Wilson, Department of Linguistics, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, USA, February 3, 2011.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jennifer Wilson, 2011 年 2 月 3 日.

Other comments: Yeri or Yapunda is spoken approximately 150 speaker in Yapunda village, south-southeast of Aitape town, on upper Om river, Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. Yeri has two genders. ŋa, napapɨ, and wiyei are feminine forms, and ŋan, nanpapɨ, and wiyam are masculine. namɨr and war are different forms of the verb ‘to go’. The m seems to be some sort of incompletive infix. The subject prefix n- is for 3rd masculine singular, while w- is for 3rd feminine singular. ɨloŋgɨl means ‘hand’, hawal means ‘foot/feet’, siwei means ‘again', and woli seems to mean something like ‘side’. The numerals from 1-10 and 11-100 were collected on different days. I took the time to collect some of the larger numbers from the questionnaire when I talked to my consultant by cell phone. Since they don't seem to use the numeral system very often once you get into the larger numerals, instead using sapiten 'many' or switching to pidgin.

Yeri Consonant Chart

Yeri Vowel Chart

*I’m currently still undecided about whether ɨ is a phoneme or simply an allophone.

Vowel reduction is incredibly common in Yeri and vowels are reduced to ɨ.