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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. Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as Yonggom/Yongkom (BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati, although another name recorded for South Muyu (BPS:0917 2) is Yongon.

Phonology

Consonants

• /b, d/ can become fricatives intervocalically 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 when following a plosive.

Vowels

• /i/ becomes when before /s/ or a word-final /n/.
• /ɛ/ becomes more close as when before a sonorant back consonant.

References

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.

External links

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

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• Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
• Ok languages
• Papuan language stubs