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'''Gomin''' (''ngominyáame'' [[Help:IPA|[ŋomɪɲáːmɛ]]]) is the native language of the Gomin people, one of few groups in Radael that are entirely indigenous to Radael. It is one of six official languages in [[Minurese|Minūrun]] and has a stable speaker population of around 56,380, making it the 3rd most spoken language by number of native speakers in Minūrun, after [[Logun]] and [[Minurese]]. Most of them live in the Suksapal region where the Gomin people are native.

'''Gomin''' ([[w:Help:IPA/English|/'ɡoʊ̯mɪn/]] ''GOH-min''; Gomin: ''ngominyáame'' [[Help:IPA|[ŋomɪɲáːmɛ]]]) is the native language of the Gomin people, one of few groups in Radael that are entirely indigenous to Radael. It is one of six official languages in [[Minurese|Minūrun]] and has a stable speaker population of around 56,380, making it the 3rd most spoken language by number of native speakers in Minūrun, after [[Logun]] and [[Minurese]]. Most of them live in the Suksapal region where the Gomin people are native.

Linguistically, Gomin is a Vekandic language, making it a sister language of [[Vekanda]], another official language of Minūrun; both languages are also [[w:Pitch-accent language|pitch-accent languages]] and agglutinative, with fairly similar grammars.

==Phonology==

===Consonants===

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"

! !! Bilabial !! Dental !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal

|-

! Nasal

| m || || n || ɲ || ŋ ||

|-

! Stop

| p b || || t d || (c) ɟ || k g || (ʔ)

|-

! Fricative

| || θ ð || s z || ʃ || ç || h (ɦ)

|-

! Tap

| || || ɾ || || ||

|-

! Trill

| || || r̥ r || || ||

|-

! Semivowel

| w || || || j || ɰ ||

|}

Like in [[w:Spanish language|Spanish]], [[w:Voiced alveolar tap|tap]] /ɾ/ and [[w:Alveolar trill|trills]] /r̥ r/ are only contrastive word-medially, as in ''nyeru'' "lake turtle" vs ''nyerru'' "peach"; in word-initial positions, only the trills /r̥ r/ are contrastive, as in ''rhega'' "dame, lady" vs ''rega'' "truth".

/c/ has been fricativised to /ç/ in most dialects. However, some speakers in Western Suksapal around the town of Gashasúura (Minurese: ''Kassasūḷa'') still pronounce it as a stop especially when adjacent to another consonant, such as in ''sur'''q'''á'' "speed" [suɾcá] (cf. standard pronunciation [suɾçá]).

===Vowels===

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"

! !! Front !! Central !! Back

|-

! Close

| i || || u

|-

! Mid

| ɛ || || o

|-

! Open

| || a ||

|}

Short /a i u/ retract to [ɐ, ɪ, ʊ] between two consonants of the same category, such as ''z'''u'''s'' [θʊs] "silk" (two fricatives) or ''ngom'''i'''n'' [ŋomɪn] "Gomin" (two nasals).

Additionally, all these vowels are distinguished via [[#Vowel classes|vowel class]]; see the [[#Vowel classes|following section]] for more.

====Vowel classes====

Gomin vowels are divided into four vowel classes: '''short''' (''muz''), '''long''' (''soo''), '''high short''' (''sháamuz'') and '''high long''' (''sháasoo''); these are phonemically distinguished by vowel [[w:Vowel length|length]] and [[w:Pitch-accented language|pitch]].

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"

! !! Short !! Long

|-

! Mid

| [a]<br>''b'''a''''' [ba] "tree" || [aː]<br>''b'''aa''''' [baː] "fan"

|-

! High

| [á]<br>''b'''á''''' [bá] "not" || [áː]<br>''b'''áa''''' [báː] "high"

|}

High long vowels may also be realised as a long [[w:Tone (linguistics)|falling tone]] vowel, especially among younger speakers.

[[Category:Gomin]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Radael]]

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+| ethnicity = Gomin people
+| state = Suksapal, {{minurun}}
+| setting = Radael
 | familycolor = vekanda
 | fam1 = Vekandic
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-'''Gomin''' (''ngominyáame'' [[Help:IPA|[ŋomɪɲáːmɛ]]]) is the native language of the Gomin people, one of few groups in Radael that are entirely indigenous to Radael. It is one of six official languages in [[Minurese|Minūrun]] and has a stable speaker population of around 56,380, making it the 3rd most spoken language by number of native speakers in Minūrun, after [[Logun]] and [[Minurese]]. Most of them live in the Suksapal region where the Gomin people are native.
+'''Gomin''' ([[w:Help:IPA/English|/'ɡoʊ̯mɪn/]] ''GOH-min''; Gomin: ''ngominyáame'' [[Help:IPA|[ŋomɪɲáːmɛ]]]) is the native language of the Gomin people, one of few groups in Radael that are entirely indigenous to Radael. It is one of six official languages in [[Minurese|Minūrun]] and has a stable speaker population of around 56,380, making it the 3rd most spoken language by number of native speakers in Minūrun, after [[Logun]] and [[Minurese]]. Most of them live in the Suksapal region where the Gomin people are native.
 Linguistically, Gomin is a Vekandic language, making it a sister language of [[Vekanda]], another official language of Minūrun; both languages are also [[w:Pitch-accent language|pitch-accent languages]] and agglutinative, with fairly similar grammars.
+==Phonology==
+===Consonants===
+{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
+! !! Bilabial !! Dental !! Alveolar !!  Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
+|-
+! Nasal
+| m || || n || ɲ || ŋ ||
+|-
+! Stop
+| p b || || t d || (c) ɟ || k g || (ʔ)
+|-
+! Fricative
+| || θ ð || s z || ʃ || ç || h (ɦ)
+|-
+! Tap
+| || || ɾ || || ||
+|-
+! Trill
+| || || r̥ r || || ||
+|-
+! Semivowel
+| w || || || j || ɰ ||
+|}
+Like in [[w:Spanish language|Spanish]], [[w:Voiced alveolar tap|tap]] /ɾ/ and [[w:Alveolar trill|trills]] /r̥ r/ are only contrastive word-medially, as in ''nyeru'' "lake turtle" vs ''nyerru'' "peach"; in word-initial positions, only the trills /r̥ r/ are contrastive, as in ''rhega'' "dame, lady" vs ''rega'' "truth".
+/c/ has been fricativised to /ç/ in most dialects. However, some speakers in Western Suksapal around the town of Gashasúura (Minurese: ''Kassasūḷa'') still pronounce it as a stop especially when adjacent to another consonant, such as in ''sur'''q'''á'' "speed" [suɾcá] (cf. standard pronunciation [suɾçá]).
+===Vowels===
+{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
+! !! Front !! Central !! Back
+|-
+! Close
+| i || || u
+|-
+! Mid
+| ɛ || || o
+|-
+! Open
+| || a ||
+|}
+Short /a i u/ retract to [ɐ, ɪ, ʊ] between two consonants of the same category, such as ''z'''u'''s'' [θʊs] "silk" (two fricatives) or ''ngom'''i'''n'' [ŋomɪn] "Gomin" (two nasals).
+Additionally, all these vowels are distinguished via [[#Vowel classes|vowel class]]; see the [[#Vowel classes|following section]] for more.
+====Vowel classes====
+Gomin vowels are divided into four vowel classes: '''short''' (''muz''), '''long''' (''soo''), '''high short''' (''sháamuz'') and '''high long''' (''sháasoo''); these are phonemically distinguished by vowel [[w:Vowel length|length]] and [[w:Pitch-accented language|pitch]].
+{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
+! !! Short !! Long
+|-
+! Mid
+| [a]<br>''b'''a''''' [ba] "tree" || [aː]<br>''b'''aa''''' [baː] "fan"
+|-
+! High
+| [á]<br>''b'''á''''' [bá] "not" || [áː]<br>''b'''áa''''' [báː] "high"
+|}
+High long vowels may also be realised as a long [[w:Tone (linguistics)|falling tone]] vowel, especially among younger speakers.
 [[Category:Gomin]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Radael]]