Yelmek

The Yelmek are a Papuan people of the lowlands west of Merauke in South Papua, settled in villages between the Digul and Mbian rivers, among them Wanam and Bibikem. Their language, also called Jelmek or Yabega, belongs with nearby Maklew to the proposed Trans-Fly–Bulaka River family, and its Wanam variety may be a distinct language.