Harsunan Yam

Harsunan Yam, waɗanda aka fi sani da harsunan Morehead River, dangin harsunan Papua ne. Sun haɗa da harsuna da yawa a kudu da yamma na Kogin Fly a Papua New Guinea da kuma Yammacin New Guinea na Indonesia ( Kudancin Papua ).

 Sunan 
Sunan Morehead da Upper Maro River, ko Morehead-Maro, yana nufin yankin da ke kusa da kogin Morehead da Maro. Yawancin harsuna suna samuwa tsakanin waɗannan koguna, amma ana magana da rukunin Nambu a gabashin Morehead. Evans (2012) yana nufin iyali a maimakon haka tare da sunan 'yam'. Wannan sunan ya samo asali ne daga abubuwa da yawa na harshe da al'adu masu mahimmanci: yam (da cognates) yana nufin "al'ada, al'ada"; yəm (da cogniates) yana nufi "shi"; kuma yam tubers sune kayan gida da na muhimmancin al'adu.

 Dangantaka ta waje 
Ross (2005) ya haɗa da yarukan Yam a cikin iyalin Trans-Fly - Bulaka River. Kwanan nan (Evans 2012) ya yi jayayya cewa wannan ba daidai ba ne kuma dole ne a tattara ƙarin bayanai. Evans (2018) ya rarraba Harsunan Kogin Pahoturi a matsayin dangin harshe mai zaman kansa.

Har ila yau, yarukan Yam sun kasance cikin hulɗa mai zurfi tare da masu magana da Marind da Suki, waɗanda a tarihi suka faɗaɗa zuwa yankunan da ke magana da Yam ta hanyar hare-haren farauta da sauran ƙaura masu faɗaɗa.Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

 Rarraba 
Rarrabawar ciki na yarukan Yam: Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Morehead River

 Harsuna 
Harshen Yam suna magana da mutane 3,000 a bangarorin biyu na iyaka a Papua_New_Guinea" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea da Indonesia. A Papua New Guinea, ana magana da yarukan Yam a Morehead Rural LLG, Lardin Yamma. A Papua, Indonesia, ana magana da yarukan Yam a cikin Merauke Regency . 

An ba da harsunan Yam da bayanan jama'a da Evans ya lissafa (2018) a ƙasa.Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7. Hakanan ana ba da ma'aunin ƙasa ga wasu ƙauyuka.

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