Yonggom language
# Yonggom language

Yonggom is one of the Ok languages of West Papua and Papua New Guinea. It is very close to North Muyu, which is also called 'Yonggom'.

## Phonology

### Consonants

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | | ŋ |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | k kʷ |
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | | ɡ |
| Fricative | Fricative | | s | | |
| Tap | Tap | | ɾ | | |
| Approximant | 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.
