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Yonggom language 
Summary
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'.
| Yonggom | |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1999)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yon |
| Glottolog | yong1280 |
| ELP | Yonggom |
Phonology edit
Consonants edit
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k kʷ | |
| 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 iː | u uː | |
| Mid | ɛ ɛː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
- /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
- ^ Yonggom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Christensen, Steve (2002). Yongkom (Yonggom, Yongom) Language. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.
External links edit
- Paradisec has an open access collection that includes Yonggom language materials