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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yongom of Papua New Guinea

The Yongom of Papua New Guinea, numbering approximately 13,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea, Western Province along Fly and Tedi (Alice) rivers and toward Lake Murray. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Yongkom is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Yongom

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Papua New Guinea
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Yongkom (yon)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 13,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010673
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

39%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yongkom
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Yongkom Speakers

Media Resources in Yongkom:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Yongkom:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1995, 2003 The Bible Society of Papua New Guinea✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yongkom bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yongom are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Yongom:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Yongom of Papua New Guinea

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
readPsalm 86:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord with all their heart, knowing that He is the one true God and will teach them His ways.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Yonggom Across Countries (ROP3 - 111091) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
YongomPG010673YongomPapua New Guinea13,000No Longer UnreachedYongkomProtestantism

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