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| ethnicity = Gomin people

| state = Suksapal, {{minurun}}

| setting = Radael

| familycolor = vekanda

| fam1 = Vekandic

| speakers = 56,380

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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 ~~aroud~~ 56,380, most of them ~~living~~ 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.

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==

===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''', '''long''', '''high short''' and '''high long'''; 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"

|}

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

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 | creator = User:Jukethatbox
+| ethnicity = Gomin people
+| state = Suksapal, {{minurun}}
+| setting = Radael
+| familycolor = vekanda
 | fam1 = Vekandic
 | speakers = 56,380
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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 aroud 56,380, most of them living 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.
+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==
+===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''', '''long''', '''high short''' and '''high long'''; 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"
+|}
 [[Category:Gomin]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Radael]]