YONGKOM ( YONGGOM, Yongom )

Spoken by 4,000 people in Western Province, along the Fly and Tedi (Alice) rivers and towards Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea.
Western Province Language Map - Organised Phonology Data
Linguistic Lineage for Yonggom
Papua New Guinea

9. Kowe, kekamuni ye kurikuri wengbed dakmime,

’Nub Ambe Ewen ari dibeeb,
ewaningko kuu karadmo ande kankoonuub.

10. Ebbed korok kere ooni yeman kuu munuk,
eb dowakenmo yambed korem kwanok,
Ewen ari kwanimaib areb okad
kiri kwamune kamimamok.

11. Kibikee nub dobiri ye animan kuu
bangkandembere.

12. Kane yaambed nub yaa ambarakmiwen
kuu are nonondanduwen areb kuu,
kwamune ebbed nub ambarakmi
yaa kuu are nonondandunde.

13. Kwane, ambarakmaniib dee andi
ye kiwaan ari nub ben nongkobaab.
No kwane awad arewambed
nub yaa manaan ye dowad
kuu nub benkoobe.’

Source: “God Ye Weng Karadmo” - The New Testament in the Yongkom Language, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (2004)
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl – E-mail WKuhl44238@aol.com

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