Yom language

Yom
Pila
Native toBenin
RegionDonga,
Ethnicity70,000 Tamba people, 230,000 Yowa people.
speakersL1: 300,000 (2021)
L1: 150,000 (2021)
No monolinguals speakers
Dialects
  • Tangerem
  • Yom
Latin
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3pil
Glottologyomm1242

Yom, or Pilapila, and formerly Kiliŋa or Kilir, is a Gur language of Benin. It is spoken in the town of Djougou and the surrounding area by the Yoa-Lokpa people. A very closely related dialect called taŋgələm is also spoken by the Taneka people.