Perema language

Wom ([w̃ɔ̃̀m][2]), or Perema, is a Leko language of Nigeria.

Wom
Perema
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Leko–Nimbari Leko Wom
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wom
Glottolog	womn1235

Person	Pere
People	Pereba
Language	Perema

Phonology

Consonants are:

m	n			[ŋ]
b	d		ɟ	ɡ	ɡb ~ 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. Idiatov, Dmitry, Mark Van de Velde, Tope Olagunju and Bitrus Andrew. 2017. Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria. 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) (Leiden, Netherlands).

External links

• The Perema (Wom) language of northeastern Nigeria: classification, phonology and noun morphology (PDF) by Roger M. Blench, 2000. Mallam Dendo, Cambridge.