Yonggom language should not be confused with Yonggom Wambon language.
| Yonggom | |
| Nativename: | Yongkom |
| States: | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | |
| Speakers: | 6,000 |
| Date: | 1999 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam2: | Central & South New Guinea ? |
| Fam4: | Lowland Ok |
| Iso3: | yon |
| Glotto: | yong1280 |
| Glottorefname: | Yonggom |
Yonggom is one of the Ok languages of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. According to its speakers, it is part of a continuum of 9 mutually intelligible dialects of Muyu languages which also includes Muyu, North Muyu (Kadi), South Muyu, and Ningrum.[1] Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as Yonggom/Yongkom (BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati,[2] although another name recorded for South Muyu (BPS:0917 2) is Yongon.[3] [4]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Tap | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |