Yangum language

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