Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Nggem language
Language in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Nggem is a Papuan language spoken in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua by the Nggem people.
Name
Nggem refers both to the language as well as the people, used as both an endonym by the people themselves and as an exonym by neighbouring tribes.[2] : 1
The language's name comes from the noun nggem, referring to a grass skirt covering the buttocks and pubic area, the style of dress formerly worn by Nggem women. Nggem people refer to other language groups by the name of the style of women's traditional clothing; for example, yonggal "string skirt" refers to the Dani people.[2] : 1
In the neighbouring Western Dani language, nggem is a derogatory term meaning "thief".[2] : 1
Remove ads
Phonology
Consonants
The following table shows Nggem's consonantal phonemes:[2] : 13
Vowels
The following table shows Nggem's vowel phonemes:[2] : 13
Remove ads
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads