Yonggom language

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Yonggom
RegionWestern Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1999)[1]
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[edit]

Consonants[edit]

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 [β, ð] intervocalically in fast speech.
  • /k/ can be heard as a fricative [ɣ] in fast speech.
  • /ɾ/ becomes [l] in word-initial position.
  • /j/ is heard as an affricate [dʒ] when following a plosive.

Vowels[edit]

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ɛː o
Open a
  • /i/ becomes [ɪ] when before /s/ or a word-final /n/.
  • /ɛ/ becomes more close as [e] when before a sonorant back consonant.[2]

References[edit]

  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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