Yangum language

Yangum
Aiku
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
960 (2000 census)[1]
Torricelli
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mzfinclusive 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. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yangum". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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