1 YONGKOM YONGKOM (YONGOM, YONGGOM) ... 2,000 in Irian ...

live on the shores of Lake Murray. The 19578 census figures have
been analyzed to show 2,000 Yonggom speakers in Papua. It is
assumed that there are very few in Irian Barat, and any that are
there would have been counted above as speakers of Southern Kati,
a closely related language. Yonggom word lists available include
100 words by the author from Oya No. 2, 90 words by Assistant
District Officer J.W. Kent from Watakdum, and 110 words by Austen
from both Marapka and Ort Ambip.
- A. Healey 1964:44.
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[Lake Murray area: Nago (pop. 143) and Buseki (184)]
- Voorhoeve 1970:2.
... Nago has since moved to a new location and is now locally
known as Kakutama_gei.
- Voorhoeve 1970:2.
Yo_gom is spoken along the Fly and Tedi (Alice) Rivers as
well as in two villages on the northern shore of Lake Murray.
The number of speakers is estimated to be slightly more than
2,000. ...
- Voorhoeve 1975b:383.
2000 + [speakers]
Comments: Nearly all Yonggom speakers live east of the
border, in the Western District of Papua New Guinea.
There is no reliable information on the number of Yonggom
speakers in Irian Jaya and their villages. In Papua New Guinea,
Yonggom villages are: Kungim, Opka, Garandimok, Kungembit,
Birimkamba, Ambaga 2, Kundubiran, Marapka, Timin, Kweman, Ot,
Atkamba, Aran, Konkonda, Kawok, Erekta, Nago, Buseki. The list
is probably not complete.
- Voorhoeve 1975f:26.
2 Yonggom may connect with Northern and Southern Kati as a
link in a dialect chain (Healey 1964, Voorhoeve 1975b) which
would make these three languages a single language.
- Voorhoeve 1981:Map 4.
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In 1968, the Yonggom population in [Papua] New Guinea was
2,497, and it is believed that there are almost another 5,000
living in West Irian. ...
- Serjeantson & Lai 1973:129.
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[Map]
Atkamba -- YONGGOM
Buseki -- YONGGOM
Kungim -- YONGGOM
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