| Yom | |
|---|---|
| Pila | |
| Native to | Benin |
| Region | Atakora, Borgou[1] |
| Ethnicity | 70,000 Temba people, 230,000 Yoba people, Yoa-Lokpa people[1] |
| speakers | L1: 240,000 (2021)[1] L1: 150,000 (2021)[1] No monolinguals speakers[1] |
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pil |
| Glottolog | yomm1242 |
Yom, or Pilapila, and formerly Kiliŋa or Kilir, is a Gur language of Benin. It is spoken in the town of Djougou and the surrounding area by the Yoa-Lokpa people. A very closely related dialect called taŋgələm is also spoken by the Taneka people.
