Wom language (Nigeria)
| Wom | |
|---|---|
| Perema | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1989)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
wom |
| Glottolog |
womn1235[2] |
| Person | Pere |
|---|---|
| People | Pereba |
| Language | Perema |
Wom, or Perema, is a Leko language of Nigeria.
Sound system
Consonants are
| m | n | [ŋ] | ||||
| b | d | ɟ | ɡ | ɡb ~ ɡʷ | ||
| p | t | c | k | kp ~ kʷ | (ʔ) | |
| f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | x | (h) | ||
| r | ||||||
| l | j | w |
/ŋ/, and only /ŋ/, appears geminate. /ʔ/ is rare, perhaps borrowed. /h/ is known from one word, not borrowed.
Vowels are /i e ɛ a ə ɔ o u/. All may be doubled, but there are no long vowels. /a/ is neutralized to /ə/ in all but final position.
Tone is probably high, low, and falling, as in Chamba Leko.
References
- ↑ Wom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wom (Nigeria)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- The Perema (Wom) language of northeastern Nigeria: classification, phonology and noun morphology (PDF) by Roger M. Blench, 2000. Mallam Dendo, Cambridge.
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