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

Yakamul

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3ykm

Population  3,460 (2003 SIL), decreasing.
Region  Sandaun Province, between Paup and Yakamul coast; Ali, Seleo, and Angel islands.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 101
Alternate names   Ali
Dialects  Ali, Yakamul, Yigel.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Schouten, Siau
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.