Gogodala language
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| Gogodala | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Western Province, north bank of Fly River, Aramia River. 301 villages. |
| Ethnicity | Gogodala |
Native speakers | 22,000 (2004)[1] |
Papuan Gulf ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ggw |
| Glottolog | gogo1265 |
| Coordinates: 8°5′S 142°52′E / 8.083°S 142.867°E | |
Gogodala is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Its closest relative is the Ari language.
Phonology[edit]
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
| voiced | b | d | g | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Fricative | s | |||
| Liquid | l (ɾ) | |||
| Glide | w | j | ||
/k, s, l/ can have allophones [x, ᵗs, ɾ].
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| ɛ | |||
| Low | a |
/o, e, a/ can have allophones [ɔ, æ, ɑ].
References[edit]
- ^ Gogodala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 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.