Yonggom language

Yonggom
Region	Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	(6,000 cited 1999)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Central & South New Guinea ? Ok Lowland Ok Yonggom
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yon
Glottolog	yong1280
ELP	Yonggom

Yonggom is one of the

, which is also called 'Yonggom'.

Phonology

Consonants

		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

	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

External links

• Paradisec has an open access collection that includes Yonggom language materials