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]
bd ɟɡɡb ~ 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

  1. ↑ Wom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wom (Nigeria)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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