Endangered Languages Project - Yonggom

Yonggom

^{[aka Yongom, Yongkom]}

Classification: Trans-New Guinea

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Yongom, Yongkom
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Ok, Lowland Ok
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		yon
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Organised Phonology Data: Yongkom (Yonggom, Yongom) Language [YON]: Kiunga – Western Province” . Christensen, Steve (2002)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
approximately 1,500 in West Papua

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Western Province: "Major villages: Ambaga, Atkamba, Buseki, Dome, Erekta, Karemgu, Kawok, Komokpin, Kungim, Membok, Moian, Nago, Yeran, Yogi, Yulawas"

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>2,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Indonesia; Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: In Indonesia: Papua Province, unknown villages. In Papua New Guinea; Western Province: Kungim, Opka, Garandimok, Kungembit, Birimkamba, Ambaga 2, Kundubiran, Marapka, Timin, Kweman, Ot, Atkamba, Aran, Kokonda, Kawok, Erekta, Nago, and Buseki.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "The list is probably not complete."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(1999 SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 1999

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Western Province along Fly and Tedi (Alice) rivers and toward Lake Murray."

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)