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	Variously: ymo – Yangum Mon yde – Yangum Dey ygl – Yangum Gel
Glottolog	yang1303
ELP	Aiku

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

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)