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Yangum language

Yangum is a Torricelli dialect cluster of Papua New Guinea. Gel is nearly extinct. The principal variety is Mon, which is also known as Aiku, Malek, Menandon ~ Minendon; these names have been used for all Yangum varieties plus the closely related Ambrak.

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Yangum
Aiku
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
(960 cited 2000 census)1
Torricelli
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ymo – Yangum Mon
yde – Yangum Dey
ygl – Yangum Gel
Glottologyang1303
ELPAiku

Yangum is a Torricelli dialect cluster of Papua New Guinea. Gel is nearly extinct. The principal variety is Mon, which is also known as Aiku, Malek, Menandon ~ Minendon; these names have been used for all Yangum varieties plus the closely related Ambrak.

External links
  • Paradisec's open access collection of Selected Research Papers of Don Laycock on Languages in Papua New Guinea (DL2) includes materials on the Yangum language
References

References

  1. Yangum Mon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Yangum Dey at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Yangum Gel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)