Yinwum_dialect

Yinwum dialect

Yinwum dialect

Extinct Paman language of Australia

Yinwum is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Yinwum people. It is unknown when it became extinct.[3] Historically, it underwent some unusual phonological changes that are difficult to classify and understand in phonetic terms.

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Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

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/ⁿtʳ/ and /tʳ/ are post-trilled consonants (trilled affricates).

Vowel Phonemes

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References

  1. [1]
    Yinwum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Y29 Yinwum at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. [3]
    Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. [4]
    Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12
  5. [5]
    Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12


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