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Yonggom language

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Yonggom
Yongkom
Native toIndonesia, Papua New Guinea
Region
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yon
Glottologyong1280
ELPYonggom

Yonggom is one of the Ok languages of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. According to its speakers, it is part of a continuum of 9 mutually intelligible dialects of Muyu languages which also includes Muyu, North Muyu (Kadi), South Muyu, and Ningrum.[2] Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as Yonggom/Yongkom (BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati,[3] although another name recorded for South Muyu (BPS:0917 2) is Yongon.[4][5]

Phonology

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Consonants

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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

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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.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Yonggom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Zahrer, Alexander. 2019. First data of Moyu, a lowland Ok language of New Guinea. 11th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL11), 13-15 Juni 2019, Universitas Leiden.
  3. ^ "Yonggom". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  4. ^ "Muyu Selatan". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  5. ^ "Master Bahasa BPS 2010". Scribd (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  6. ^ Christensen, Steve (2002). Yongkom (Yonggom, Yongom) Language. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.
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