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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'.


Phonology


Consonants

* /b, d/ can become fricatives ², ðintervocalically in fast speech. * /k/ can be heard as a fricative £in fast speech. * /ɾ/ becomes in word-initial position. * /j/ is heard as an affricate Ê’when following a plosive.


Vowels

* /i/ becomes ªwhen before /s/ or a word-final /n/. * /É›/ becomes more close as when before a sonorant back consonant.


References


External links

* Paradisec has an open access collection tha
includes Yonggom language materials
Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) Ok languages {{papuan-lang-stub