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| ethnicity = Gomin people | |||
| state = Suksapal, {{minurun}} | |||
| setting = Radael | |||
| familycolor = vekanda | | familycolor = vekanda | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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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''', '''long''', '''high short''' and '''high long'''; these are phonemically distinguished by vowel [[w:Vowel length|length]] and [[w:Pitch-accented language|pitch]]. | ||
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! Mid | ! Mid | ||
| [a]<br>''b'''a''''' [ba] "tree" || [aː]<br>'' | | [a]<br>''b'''a''''' [ba] "tree" || [aː]<br>''b'''aa''''' [baː] "fan" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! High | ! High | ||
| [á]<br>''b'''á''''' [bá] "not" || [áː]<br>'' | | [á]<br>''b'''á''''' [bá] "not" || [áː]<br>''b'''áa''''' [báː] "high" | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Gomin]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Radael]] | [[Category:Gomin]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Radael]] | ||