Yongkom language

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Name (Latin)
Yongkom language
Other forms of name
Yonggom language
Yongom language
See Also From tracing topical name
Papuan languages
See Also From tracing place name
Papua New Guinea
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q8055002
Library of congress: sh2004007040
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 98138502: Yongkom buk, 1996.
  • Ethnologue WWW site, Aug. 19, 2004(Yongkom language: alternate names: Yongom, Yonggom)

Wikipedia description:

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. Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as Yonggom/Yongkom (BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati, although another name recorded for South Muyu (BPS:0917 2) is Yongon.

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