Yangum is a
Torricelli dialect cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. 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
Palei languages
Languages of Sandaun Province
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