| Wogamusin | |
| Region: | Ambunti District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (4 villages) |
| Speakers: | 700 |
| Date: | 1998 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| 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.[1]
| +Vowels | Laycock | 1965 | p=114"> | Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ |
In non-final positions, pronounced as //u// pronounced as //o//, pronounced as //i//, and pronounced as //e// are pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, and pronounced as /link/, respectively. pronounced as /link/ appears only in unstressed syllables; when it is followed by pronounced as //w// it is rounded: pronounced as /[ɵu̯]/.[2]
Wogamusin pronouns:[4]
| sg | du | pl | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nay | nond | non | |
| 2 | ni | noh | nom | |
| 3m | ye | yoh | yor | |
| 3f | yo |
The consonant pronounced as //ŋ// only occurs finally. Bilabial and velar consonants may be followed by pronounced as //w// when initial, but otherwise consonant clusters only occur over syllable boundaries, with the exception of the unusual word pronounced as //məmt// ('snake').
| +Consonants | Laycock | 1965 | p=114"> | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Plosive | Voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Voiced prenasalized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Flap | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||||
| Semivowel | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
Between vowels, pronounced as //b// and pronounced as //ɡ// lenite to the fricatives pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/, respectively. pronounced as //s// is realized as an affricate, pronounced as /link/, word-initially. pronounced as //h// is velar, pronounced as /link/, after pronounced as //a// and pronounced as //o//. Word-finally, voiceless stops are usually unreleased.[2]
. William A. Foley . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 197-432 . 978-3-11-028642-7.