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Yagwoia language

Summary

Yagwoia (Yeghuye), or Kokwaiyakwa, is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are named after the five ethnicities, Iwalaqamalje, Hiqwaye, Hiqwase, Gwase, Heqwangilye (Yeqwangilje dialect).

Yagwoia
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe, Eastern Highlands, Gulf provinces
Native speakers
10,000 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ygw
Glottologyagw1240

Distribution edit

Yagwoia is spoken in:[1]

Phonology edit

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosive p t k q ʔ ⟨'⟩
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Approximant w l j ⟨y⟩
  • /p t k/ tend to become voiced [b d g] in clusters with nasals or /l/.
  • /m n ŋ l/ can be syllabic.
  • /s/ is in free variation with [z]. Older speakers tend to pronounce it as [ts~dz].
  • /t/ can often be heard as [r].
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i ɨ u
Mid e o
Low a aː
  • /ɨ/ is rare.

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /ai/, /ae/, /au/, /ou/.

Yagwoia is tonal, distinguishing high and low tone. However, tone has a low functional load, and so remains unwritten.[2]

External links edit

  • Paradisec have an open access collection of Yagwoia recordings. They also have a collection of Jadran Mimica recordings that contain some Yagwoia.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Yagwoia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ a b c Trainum, Mike (1992). Tanggu Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.