Jae

Also Known As: Yabem Language,Jabem,Laulabu,Jabim,Yabim Description: Yabem or Jabêm is an Austronesian language spoken natively (in 1978) by about 2000 people at the southern tip of the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. However, Yabem was adopted as local lingua franca for evangelical and educational purposes by the German Lutheran missionaries who first arrived at Simbang, a Yabem-speaking village, in 1886. By 1939, it was spoken by as many as 15,000 people, and understood by as many as 100,000 (Zahn 1940). In the decade after World War II, the mission's network of schools managed to educate 30,000 students using Yabem as the medium of instruction (Streicher 1982). Although the usage of Yabem as a local lingua franca has now been replaced by Tok Pisin, Yabem remains one of the best documented Austronesian languages, with extensive instructional and liturgical materials (including many original compositions, not just translations from German or English) as well as grammars and dictionaries. Yabem distinguishes seven vowel qualities. Glottal stop, written with a -c, is only distinctive at the end of syllables. The only other consonants that can occur syllable-finally are labials and nasals: p, b, m, ŋ. The liquid /l/ is realized as..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Yabem language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/jae/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Detailed Description: 1 (download) (browse) Genesis Translation: 1 (download) (browse) Phonology: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Papua New Guinea Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: jae Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Austronesian Group     Malayo-Polynesian Group       Central-Eastern Group         Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group           Oceanic Group             Western Oceanic Group               North New Guinea Group                 Huon Gulf Group                   North Huon Gulf Group                     Yabem language