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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Yahang

Yahang

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3rhp

Population  1,430 (2003 SIL). 1,116 in area, 66 outside.
Region  Sandaun Province, west of Mehek.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 128
Alternate names   Ruruhi’ip, Ruruhip, Ya’unk
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 60% with Heyo [auk] (Arinua).
Classification  Torricelli, Maimai, Maimai Proper
Comments  Arinua also called ‘Ruruhip’.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

COOPER, Gregory, author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Beli, Yahang and Laeko-Libuat.  Available online