Wogamusin language

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Wogamusin
Region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (4 villages)
Native speakers
700 (1998)[1]
Sepik
  • Middle Sepik
    • Wogamusin
      • Wogamusin
Language codes
ISO 639-3wog
Glottologwoga1249
ELPWogamusin
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Wogamusin is a Papuan language found in four villages in the of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. It was spoken by about 700 people in 1998.[2]

Phonology[]

Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

In non-final positions, /u/ /o/, /i/, and /e/ are [ʊ] [ɔ], [ɪ], and [ɛ], respectively. [ə] appears only in unstressed syllables; when it is followed by /w/ it is rounded: [ɵu̯].[3]

Consonants[3]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive Voiceless p t k
Voiced b d ɡ
Voiced prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Fricative s h
Flap ɺ
Approximant j w

Between vowels, /b/ and /ɡ/ lenite to the fricatives [β] and [ɣ], respectively. /s/ is realized as an affricate, [ts], word-initially. /h/ is velar, [x], after /a/ and /o/. Word-finally, voiceless stops are usually unreleased.[3]

Phonotactics[]

The consonant /ŋ/ only occurs finally. Bilabial and velar consonants may be followed by /w/ when initial, but otherwise consonant clusters only occur over syllable boundaries, with the exception of the unusual word /məmt/ ('snake').[4]

Pronouns[]

Wogamusin pronouns:[5]: 279 

sg du pl
1 nay nond non
2 ni noh nom
3m ye yoh yor
3f yo

External links[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Wogamusin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Ethnologue.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Laycock (1965:114)
  4. ^ Laycock (1965:114)
  5. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

References[]

  • Laycock, D.C. (1965), "Three Upper Sepik phonologies", Oceanic Linguistics, 4 (1/2): 113–118, doi:10.2307/3622917
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