Wogamusin language
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Wogamusin is a Papuan language found in four villages in the Ambunti District of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. It was spoken by about 700 people in 1998.[1]
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | |
| Mid | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink |
| Open | Template:IPAlink |
In non-final positions, Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA"., and Script error: No such module "IPA". are Template:IPAblink Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, and Template:IPAblink, respectively. Template:IPAblink appears only in unstressed syllables; when it is followed by Script error: No such module "IPA". it is rounded: Script error: No such module "IPA"..Laycock|1965|p=114-2|[2]
Between vowels, Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA". lenite to the fricatives Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink, respectively. Script error: No such module "IPA". is realized as an affricate, Template:IPAblink, word-initially. Script error: No such module "IPA". is velar, Template:IPAblink, after Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA".. Word-finally, voiceless stops are usually unreleased.Laycock|1965|p=114-2|[2]
Phonotactics
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Pronouns
Wogamusin pronouns:[4]Template:Rp
sg du pl 1 nay nond non 2 ni noh nom 3m ye yoh yor 3f yo
External links
- Paradisec has an open access collection from Theodore Schwartz that includes Wogamusin language materials
Notes
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- ↑ Ethnologue.
- ↑ Laycock|1965|p=114_2-0|a Laycock|1965|p=114_2-1|b Laycock|1965|p=114_2-2|c Laycock|1965|p=114_2-3|d Template:Harvcoltxt
- ↑ Template:Harvcoltxt
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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References
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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