Nyamal language
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| Nyamal | |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Low | a aː |
Vowels /a, i, u/ often appear as [ə, ɪ, ʊ].
Kinship terms
[edit]Nyamal has a typologically rare system of kinship terms. The kinship terms in Nyamal identify the sex of the relative, the generation they belong to (relative to the speaker), as well as their moiety, but not the more specific relationship. For example, the father and the father's brother are identified with the same kinship term, mama.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Burling, Robbins (1970). Man's many voices: Language in its cultural context. Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc. pp. 21–26. ISBN 0-03-081001-9.
External links
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