Yonggom language

{{Short description|Ok language spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea}} {{distinguish|Yonggom Wambon language}} {{Infobox language |name=Yonggom |nativename=Yongkom |states=Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |region=*Western Province, Papua New Guinea *South Papua **Boven Digoel |speakers=6,000 |date=1999 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Papuan |fam1 = Trans–New Guinea |fam2 = Central & South New Guinea ? |fam3 = Ok |fam4 = Lowland Ok |iso3=yon |glotto=yong1280 |glottorefname=Yonggom }}

'''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.<ref name='zahrer'>Zahrer, Alexander. 2019. ''First data of Moyu, a lowland Ok language of New Guinea''. 11th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference ([https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/geesteswetenschappen/leiden-university-centre-for-linguistics/apll11-booklet-of-abstracts-2019-06-05.pdf APLL11] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216024813/https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/geesteswetenschappen/leiden-university-centre-for-linguistics/apll11-booklet-of-abstracts-2019-06-05.pdf |date=2022-12-16 }}), 13-15 Juni 2019, Universitas Leiden.</ref> Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as ''Yonggom/Yongkom'' (BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati,<ref name="yonggom">{{cite web | title=Yonggom | website=Peta Bahasa | url=https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/infopencarian.php?idb=738 | language=id | access-date=2024-10-12 | archive-date=2025-08-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250813092002/https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/infopencarian.php?idb=738 | url-status=dead }}</ref> although another name recorded for ''South Muyu'' (BPS:0917 2) is ''Yongon''.<ref name="Musl">{{cite web | title=Muyu Selatan | website=Peta Bahasa | url=https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/infobahasa.php?idb=539 | language=id | access-date=2024-10-12 | archive-date=2024-02-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229093439/https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/infobahasa.php?idb=539 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://id.scribd.com/doc/265465163/Master-Bahasa|title=Master Bahasa BPS 2010|website=Scribd|language=id|access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref>

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" | !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar |- ! colspan="2" |Nasal |{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |- ! rowspan="2" |Plosive !voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|kʷ}} |- !voiced |{{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|d}} | |{{IPA link|ɡ}} |- ! colspan="2" |Fricative | |{{IPA link|s}} | | |- ! colspan="2" |Tap | |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | |- ! colspan="2" |Approximant |{{IPA link|w}} |({{IPA link|l}}) |{{IPA link|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 === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! !Front !Central !Back |- !Close | align="center" |{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}} | |{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}} |- !Mid |{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}} | |{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}} |- !Open | |{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}} | |}

* /i/ becomes [ɪ] when before /s/ or a word-final /n/. * /ɛ/ becomes more close as [e] when before a sonorant back consonant.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Christensen |first=Steve |title=Yongkom (Yonggom, Yongom) Language |publisher=SIL |year=2002 |location=Organised Phonology Data}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * Paradisec has an open access collection that [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/CLV1 includes Yonggom language materials]

Category:Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) Category:Ok languages