The Yaganon languages are a small

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of closely related languages in New Guinea. They were linked with the

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in 1951 by

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in his

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family, but separated out again by Timothy Usher.New Guinea World, Yaganon River
/ref> The family is named after the

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Languages

Along with Wasembo, the Yaganon languages form the East branch of the

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family. *East Madang ** Wasembo **

: Ganglau, Saep, Yabong Dumun is apparently also Yaganon, and the extinct Bai-Maclay may have been related to Dumun.

References

{{Madang languages Languages of Papua New Guinea East Madang languages