Yonggom language

Yonggom
Yonggom
Yongkom
Native to	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Region	Western Province, Papua New Guinea ; South Papua Boven Digoel ; ;
Native speakers	(6,000 cited 1999)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Central & South New Guinea ? Ok Lowland Ok Yonggom; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yon
Glottolog	yong1280
ELP	Yonggom

Last updated February 06, 2026

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.^[2] Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education classified this language as Yonggom/Yongkom(BPS:1158 6) spoken in Kampung Ninati,^[3] although another name recorded for South Muyu(BPS:0917 2) is Yongon.^[4]^[5]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k kʷ
Plosive	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative			s
Tap			ɾ
Approximant		w	( l )	j

/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

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	ɛ ɛː		o oː
Open		a aː

/i/ becomes [ɪ] when before /s/ or a word-final /n/.
/ɛ/ becomes more close as [e] when before a sonorant back consonant.^[6]

References

↑ Yonggom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Zahrer, Alexander. 2019. First data of Moyu, a lowland Ok language of New Guinea. 11th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL11 Archived 2022-12-16 at the Wayback Machine ), 13-15 Juni 2019, Universitas Leiden.
↑ "Yonggom". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2025-08-13. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
↑ "Muyu Selatan". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
↑ "Master Bahasa BPS 2010". Scribd (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-07-06.
↑ Christensen, Steve (2002). Yongkom (Yonggom, Yongom) Language. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.

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[e18-1] Yonggom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[zahrer-2] Zahrer, Alexander. 2019. First data of Moyu, a lowland Ok language of New Guinea. 11th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL11 Archived 2022-12-16 at the Wayback Machine ), 13-15 Juni 2019, Universitas Leiden.

[yonggom-3] "Yonggom". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2025-08-13. Retrieved 2024-10-12.

[Musl-4] "Muyu Selatan". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-10-12.

[5] "Master Bahasa BPS 2010". Scribd (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-07-06.

[6] Christensen, Steve (2002). Yongkom (Yonggom, Yongom) Language. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.

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