Yangum language

Yangum
Aiku
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
960 (2000 census)[1]
Torricelli
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mzf – inclusive code
Individual codes:
ymo – Yangum Mon
yde – Yangum Dey
ygl – Yangum Gel
Glottolog yang1303[2]

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.

References

  1. ↑ Yangum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Yangum Mon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Yangum Dey at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Yangum Gel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yangum". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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