The Yeyi (also: 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 Yeyi, a language that was influenced by the San and exhibits the characteristic clicks.