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Wogeo language

{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in New Guinea}}

{{Distinguish|Waigeo language}}

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{{Infobox language

|name=Wogeo

|region=Vokeo and Koil islands, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

|speakers={{sigfig|1620|2}}

|date=2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western Oceanic

|fam5=Schouten

|fam6=Kairiru–Manam

|fam7=Manam

|iso3=woc

|glotto=woge1237

|glottorefname=Wogeo

}}

Wogeo (Vokeo) is an Austronesian language of northeast New Guinea. It is spoken on Koil and Vokeo islands of Wewak Islands Rural LLG.

Morphophonology

= Consonants =

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!Labial

!Coronal

!Palatal

!Velar

Nasal

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|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

Stop

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|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}

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|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}}

Fricative

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Approximant

|{{IPA link|ʋ}}

|{{IPA link|l}}

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Rhotic

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|{{IPA link|r}}

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= Vowels =

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!

!Front

!Back

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!Close

|{{IPA link|i}}{{Efn-la|/i u/ realized as glides with the posterior vowel: /ɪ̯ ʊ̯/.|name=a|group=a}}

|{{IPA link|u}}{{Efn-la|/i u/ realized as glides with the posterior vowel: /ɪ̯ ʊ̯/.|name=a|group=a}}

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!Mid

|{{IPA link|e̞|e}}

|{{IPA link|o̞|o}}{{Efn-la|May be realized as /ʷ/ or /w/ as long as it does not occur on the boundary of two morphemes.|name=b|group=b}}

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!Open

| colspan="2" |{{IPA link|ä|a}}

Words in Wogeo have lexical stress—it creates both lexical and grammatical distinctions, primarily realized through lengthening and changing the quality of the stressed vowel. The accent can be on the penultimate or ultimate syllable, with the penultimate accent considered unmarked. Compare lima [ˈɫ̺ɪːmɐʔ] ‘hand’ with limá [ɫ̺ɪˈmaʔ] ‘his/her hand’.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Vowel assimilation in Wogeo occurs mainly within word forms, with total or partial assimilation of tongue height. Elisions of vowels are morphologically and somewhat lexically determined.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Verbal reduplication in Wogeo expresses imperfective aspect and can take different forms depending on the phonological structure of the verb.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Adjectival reduplication in Wogeo is a common phenomenon, with reduplicated adjectives being more prevalent than non-reduplicated ones. There are also traces of an older adjectival reduplication pattern in certain lexemes, where the reduplication is fully lexicalized, and no longer recognized as such by speakers.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Reduplicated nouns are less common than reduplicated adjectives or verbs, and they serve either to denote 'affiliation/similarity' or to express 'continuous/discrete plurality'. Some proper names also show traces of old reduplication processes.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Sources

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References

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  • Exter, Mats, (2003) Phonetik und Phonologie des Wogeo. Arbeitspapier (Universität zu Köln. Institut für Sprachwissenschaft); Nr. 46

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External links

{{North New Guinea languages}}

{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

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Category:Schouten languages

Category:Languages of East Sepik Province

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