page_title: Yeyi people
hierarchical_section_title: Yeyi people
caption_attribution_description: English: Bayeye people; illustration from p.481 of the 1861 book Lake Ngami.
context_page_description: The WaYeyi are Bantu-speaking people of north-western Botswana and north-eastern Namibia. The Yeyi immigrated to the area in the 18th century from the north, and lived in close cooperation with the San people, or Basarwa, who had lived in the area previously. They speak ShiYeyi, a language that was influenced by the San and exhibits the characteristic clicks.
context_section_description: The WaYeyi (also: Yeyi or Bayei, autoethonym: Mayeyi) are Bantu-speaking people of north-western Botswana and north-eastern Namibia. The Yeyi immigrated to the area in the 18th century from the north, and lived in close cooperation with the San people, or Basarwa, who had lived in the area previously. They speak ShiYeyi, a language that was influenced by the San and exhibits the characteristic clicks.
caption: Yeyi people (described as Bayeye), 1861
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