Kyenele a.k.a. Miyak is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea.

Kyenele
Miyak
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
1,300 (2003)[1]
Yuat
  • Kyenele
Language codes
ISO 639-3kql
Glottologkyen1243
ELPMiyak
Coordinates: 4°36′10″S 143°50′40″E / 4.602663°S 143.844495°E / -4.602663; 143.844495 (Girin)

Versions of its name include Keñele, Keyele, Kenying, Bulang, Kenen Birang, Kyenying-Barang.

It is spoken in Giling (Girin) (4°36′10″S 143°50′40″E / 4.602663°S 143.844495°E / -4.602663; 143.844495 (Girin)), a village located on the banks of the Yuat River in Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Kyenele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.