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Yonggom language

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. Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as Yonggom/Yongkom (BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati, although another name recorded for South Muyu (BPS:0917 2) is Yongon.

Phonology
Consonants • /b, d/ can become fricatives [β, ð] intervocalically in fast speech. • /k/ can be heard as a fricative [ɣ] in fast speech. • /ɾ/ becomes [l] in word-initial position. • /j/ is heard as an affricate [dʒ] when following a plosive. Vowels • /i/ becomes [ɪ] when before /s/ or a word-final /n/. • /ɛ/ becomes more close as [e] when before a sonorant back consonant. ==References==
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