Wom | |
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Region | East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (12 villages) |
Native speakers | 4,300 (2003) [1] |
Torricelli
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
wmo |
Glottolog |
womp1235 |
ELP | Wom |
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.
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
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plain | labial | |||
Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ |
Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑg | ᵑgʷ |
Fricative | s | h | ||
Nasal | m | n | ||
Approximant | l | j | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /au/, /ou/.
Stress is phonemic. [2]