Yongkom

YON

developing

Alternate Names: Yonggom, Yongom

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 80% with North Muyu ,, 70% with South Muyu ,, 30% with Ninggerum ,.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Ok-Awyu
Ok
Lowland

Demographics: 6,000 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Ninggerum [nxr].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 2004.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea