Yonggom language

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Yonggom
RegionWestern Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1999)
Language codes
ISO 639-3yon
Glottologyong1280
ELPYonggom

Yonggom is one of the Ok languages of West Papua and Papua New Guinea. It is very close to North Muyu, which is also called 'Yonggom'.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative s
Tap ɾ
Approximant w (l) j
  • /b, d/ can become fricatives intervocalically in fast speech.
  • /k/ can be heard as a fricative in fast speech.
  • /ɾ/ becomes in word-initial position.
  • /j/ is heard as an affricate when following a plosive.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ɛː o
Open a
  • /i/ becomes when before /s/ or a word-final /n/.
  • /ɛ/ becomes more close as when before a sonorant back consonant.

References

  1. ^ Yonggom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Christensen, Steve (2002). Yongkom (Yonggom, Yongom) Language. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.

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