I would very much appreciate it if someone could tell me what 言やいー refers to.
All I know is that 言 has something to do with speaking or words, but that
alone doesn't help. Is it slang?

The entire phrase I'm trying to decipher is: 食えないなら食えなんって言やいーのに

So far I only understand the parts about being unable to eat.
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I can't find a translation for 言やいー
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that this is a contraction of 言えばいい,
similar to how it works in しなきゃ (ければ→きゃ). ～ばいいのに is a common phrase so I'm
pretty sure this is correct.

I'm assuming also that 食えなんって is either a mistyping or a dialect with which
I'm not familiar.
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