Gogodala language

Gogodala
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionWestern Province, north bank of Fly River, Aramia River. 301 villages.
EthnicityGogodala
Native speakers
22,000 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ggw
Glottologgogo1265
Coordinates: 8°5′S 142°52′E / 8.083°S 142.867°E / -8.083; 142.867

Gogodala is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Its closest relative is the Ari language.

Phonology

Consonants
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].

Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
ɛ
Low a

/o, e, a/ can have allophones [ɔ, æ, ɑ].

References

  1. ^ 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.

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