Wogamusin language


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.

Phonology

In non-final positions, ,, and are ,, and, respectively. appears only in unstressed syllables; when it is followed by it is rounded:.
Between vowels, and lenite to the fricatives and, respectively. is realized as an affricate,, word-initially. is velar,, after and. Word-finally, voiceless stops are usually unreleased.

Phonotactics

The consonant only occurs finally. Bilabial and velar consonants may be followed by when initial, but otherwise consonant clusters only occur over syllable boundaries, with the exception of the unusual word .

Pronouns

Wogamusin pronouns: