Gogodala language

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]
Language family	Papuan Gulf ? Gogodala–Suki Gogodala Gogodala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ggw
Glottolog	gogo1265
Coordinates: 8°5′S 142°52′E

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.