Yonggom language

Not to be confused with Yonggom Wambon language.
Yonggom
Yongkom
Native toIndonesia, Papua New Guinea
Region
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yon
Glottologyong1280
ELPYonggom

Yonggom is one of the Ok languages of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. According to its speakers, it is part of a continuum of 9 mutually intelligible dialects of Muyu languages which also includes Muyu, North Muyu (Kadi), South Muyu, and Ningrum.[2] Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as Yonggom/Yongkom (BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati,[3] although another name recorded for South Muyu (BPS:0917 2) is Yongon.[4][5]

  1. ^ Yonggom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Zahrer, Alexander. 2019. First data of Moyu, a lowland Ok language of New Guinea. 11th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL11), 13-15 Juni 2019, Universitas Leiden.
  3. ^ "Yonggom". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  4. ^ "Muyu Selatan". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  5. ^ "Master Bahasa BPS 2010". Scribd (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-07-06.