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Wogamusin language

{{Short description|Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Wogamusin

|region=Ambunti District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (4 villages)

|speakers=700

|date=1998

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Sepik

|fam2=Middle Sepik

|fam3=Wogamusin

|iso3=wog

|glotto=woga1249

|glottorefname=Wogamusin

|notice=IPA

}}

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.Ethnologue.

Phonology

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+Vowels{{harvcoltxt|Laycock|1965|p=114}}

!

! Front

! Central

! Back

Close

| {{IPAlink|i}}

|

| {{IPAlink|u}}

Mid

| {{IPAlink|e}}

| {{IPAlink|ə}}

| {{IPAlink|o}}

Open

|

| {{IPAlink|a}}

|

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

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+Consonants{{harvcoltxt|Laycock|1965|p=114}}

!colspan="2"|

! Bilabial

! Alveolar

! Palatal

! Velar

! Glottal

colspan="2"| Nasal

| {{IPAlink|m}}

| {{IPAlink|n}}

|

| {{IPAlink|ŋ}}

|

rowspan="3"| Plosive

! Voiceless

| {{IPAlink|p}}

| {{IPAlink|t}}

|

| {{IPAlink|k}}

|

Voiced

| {{IPAlink|b}}

| {{IPAlink|d}}

|

| {{IPAlink|ɡ}}

|

Voiced prenasalized

| {{IPAlink|ᵐb}}

| {{IPAlink|ⁿd}}

|

| {{IPAlink|ᵑɡ}}

|

colspan="2"| Fricative

|

| {{IPAlink|s}}

|

|colspan="2"| {{IPAlink|h}}

colspan="2"| Flap

|

| {{IPAlink|ɺ}}

|

|

|

colspan="2"| Semivowel

|

|

| {{IPAlink|j}}

| {{IPAlink|w}}

|

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

=Phonotactics=

The consonant {{IPA|/ŋ/}} only occurs finally. Bilabial and velar consonants may be followed by {{IPA|/w/}} when initial, but otherwise consonant clusters only occur over syllable boundaries, with the exception of the unusual word {{IPA|/məmt/}} ('snake').{{harvcoltxt|Laycock|1965|p=114}}

Pronouns

Wogamusin pronouns:{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |authorlink=William A. Foley |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=197-432 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}{{rp|279}}

:

{{table}}

! !! 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 [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/TS1 Wogamusin language materials]

Notes

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References

  • {{Citation

| last=Laycock

| first=D.C.

| year=1965

| journal=Oceanic Linguistics

| title=Three Upper Sepik phonologies

| volume=4

| issue=1/2

| pages=113–118

| doi=10.2307/3622917

}}

{{Sepik languages}}

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wogamusin Language}}

Category:Wogamus languages

Category:Languages of East Sepik Province