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.

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

  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)


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