Nyamal language
Nyamal | |
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Region | Pilbara, Western Australia |
Native speakers | 20 (2005) to 34 Nyamal (2006 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nly |
Glottolog | nyam1271 |
AIATSIS[1] | A58 Nyamal, A60 Witukari |
ELP | Nyamal |
Nyamal is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nyamal people in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Phonology
Consonants
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | ɟ | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
Rhotic | ɾ ~ r | |||||
Lateral | l̪ | ʎ | l | ɭ | ||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː | |
Low | a aː |
Vowels /a, i, u/ can also be heard as [ə, ɪ, ʊ].
References
- ^ a b A58 Nyamal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Witukari may be a generic name. Although the variety that data is available for shows it to be Nyamal, it may also refer to varieties of Nijadali.
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