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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. | 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== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
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! !! 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=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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Additionally, all these vowels are distinguished via [[#Vowel classes|vowel class]]; see the [[#Vowel classes|following section]] for more. | Additionally, all these vowels are distinguished via [[#Vowel classes|vowel class]]; see the [[#Vowel classes|following section]] for more. | ||
====Vowel classes==== | ====Vowel classes==== | ||
Gomin vowels are divided into four vowel classes: '''short''', '''long''', '''high short''' and '''high long'''; these are phonemically distinguished by vowel [[w:Vowel length|length]] and [[w:Pitch-accented language|pitch]]. | 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]]. | ||
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! !! Short !! Long | ! !! Short !! Long | ||
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| [á]<br>''b'''á''''' [bá] "not" || [áː]<br>''b'''áa''''' [báː] "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]] | [[Category:Gomin]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Radael]] | ||
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| Gomin | |
|---|---|
| ngominyáame | |
| Pronunciation | [ŋomɪɲáːmɛ] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2025 |
| Setting | Radael |
| Native to | Suksapal,  Minūrun |
| Ethnicity | Gomin people |
| Native speakers | 56,380 (400 BH) |
Vekandic
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Minūrun |
Gomin (/'ɡoʊ̯mɪn/ GOH-min; Gomin: ngominyáame [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 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 pitch-accent languages and agglutinative, with fairly similar grammars.
Phonology
Consonants
| 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 Spanish, tap /ɾ/ and 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 surqá "speed" [suɾcá] (cf. standard pronunciation [suɾçá]).
Vowels
| 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 zus [θʊs] "silk" (two fricatives) or ngomin [ŋomɪn] "Gomin" (two nasals).
Additionally, all these vowels are distinguished via vowel class; see the 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 length and pitch.
| Short | Long | |
|---|---|---|
| Mid | [a] ba [ba] "tree" |
[aː] baa [baː] "fan" |
| High | [á] bá [bá] "not" |
[áː] báa [báː] "high" |
High long vowels may also be realised as a long falling tone vowel, especially among younger speakers.