Wom or Wam is a Papuan language of the Torricelli language family spoken by 4,264 people (as of 2003[update]) in East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea.
| Wom | |
|---|---|
| Region | East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (12 villages) |
Native speakers | 4,300 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wmo |
| Glottolog | womp1235 |
| ELP | Wom |
Phonology edit
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labial | |||
| Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ |
| Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑg | ᵑgʷ |
| Fricative | s | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |
- The prenasalised plosives /ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg ᵑgʷ/ are plain [b d g gʷ] word-initially.
- /s/ can be realized as [ts] word-initially.
- /h/ can be heard as [x] intervocalically.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /au/, /ou/.
Stress is phonemic.[2]
External links edit
- Paradisec has two collections with materials from Wom, one from Arthur Capell (AC1) and the other from Don Laycock (DL2)
References edit