Bailgu_language

Nyiyaparli language

Nyiyaparli language

Australian Aboriginal language

Nyiyaparli (Nyiyabali, Njijabali, or misspelled Nijadali) is a nearly extinct Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Palyku (Bailko) and Niabali (Jana) people of Western Australia. There's a formal language register known as padupadu.

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Phonology

Consonants

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  • /ɲ, c, l̠ʲ/ can also be heard as dental sounds [n̪, t̪, l̪] in free variation among speakers.
  • Sounds /ɾ, ɹ/ can be heard in free variation as [r, ɻ] among speakers.

Vowels

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  • /i, u// can be heard as [ɪ, ʊ] within diphthongs.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    A50 Nyiyaparli at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. [2]
    Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
  3. [3]
    Battin, Jacqueline (2019). Topics in Nyiyaparli morphosyntax. Australian National University.


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