Yonggom_language

Yonggom language

Yonggom language

Ok language spoken in Papua New Guinea

Not to be confused with Yonggom Wambon language.

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'.

Quick Facts Region, Native speakers ...

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • /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

More information Front, Central ...
  • /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

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

This Papuan languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Yonggom_language, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.