Gogodala language explained

Gogodala
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Western Province, north bank of Fly River, Aramia River. 301 villages.
Coordinates:	-8.0833°N 194°W
Ethnicity:	Gogodala
Speakers:	22,000
Date:	2004
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Papuan Gulf ?
Fam2:	Gogodala–Suki
Fam3:	Gogodala
Iso3:	ggw
Glotto:	gogo1265
Glottorefname:	Gogodala

Gogodala is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Its closest relative is the Ari language.

Phonology

!Labial!Alveolar!Dorsal

Plosive	voiceless	p	t	k
	voiced	b	d	g
Nasal		m	n
Fricative			s
Liquid			l (ɾ)
Glide		w		j

pronounced as //k, s, l// can have allophones pronounced as /[x, ᵗs, ɾ]/.

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

High	i		u
Mid	e		o
	ɛ
Low		a

pronounced as //o, e, a// can have allophones pronounced as /[ɔ, æ, ɑ]/.

References

• Capell, Arthur. 1969. A Survey of New Guinea Languages. Sydney: University of Sydney.
• Voorhoeve, C.L., 1970. Some notes on the Suki-Gogodala subgroup of the Central and South New Guinea phylum. In S. A. Wurm & D. C. Laycock, eds. Pacific Linguistic Studies in honour of Arthur Capell. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
• Voorhoeve, C. L., 1975. Central and Western Trans-New Guinea Phylum Languages. In Stephen A. Wurm (ed.), New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study Vol 1: Papuan Languages and the New Guinea linguistic scene, 345-460. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.