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 to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sandaun Province
Native speakers	(960 cited 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

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