Yonggom language
Ok language spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
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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]
NativetoIndonesia, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 1999)[1]Trans–New Guinea
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Central & South New Guinea ?
- Ok
- Lowland Ok
- Yonggom
- Lowland Ok
- Ok
| Yonggom | |
|---|---|
| Yongkom | |
| Native to | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
| Region | |
Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1999)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yon |
| Glottolog | yong1280 |
| ELP | Yonggom |
Phonology
Consonants
- /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
- /i/ becomes [ɪ] when before /s/ or a word-final /n/.
- /ɛ/ becomes more close as [e] when before a sonorant back consonant.[6]