Yonggom language

Not to be confused with Yonggom Wambon language.

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]

Yonggom
Yongkom
Native to	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Region	Western Province, Papua New Guinea South Papua Boven Digoel
Native speakers	(6,000 cited 1999)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Central & South New Guinea ? Ok Lowland Ok Yonggom
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yon
Glottolog	yong1280
ELP	Yonggom

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k kʷ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative			s
Tap			ɾ
Approximant		w	(l)	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

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	ɛ ɛː		o oː
Open		a aː

• /i/ becomes [ɪ] when before /s/ or a word-final /n/.
• /ɛ/ becomes more close as [e] when before a sonorant back consonant.^[6]