Yulparija

Yulparija

Yulparija

Wati language of Australia

Yulparija is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.[3]

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It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.

Phonology

Yulparija has a typical phonemic inventory for languages of the Kimberley area. It uses 17 consonants in five distinct places of articulation.[4]

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Vowels

Yulparija uses a three vowel system, with a length contrast for the open vowel [a] and the close back vowel [u].[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. [2]
    A67 Yulparija at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. [3]
    Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  4. [4]
    Dixon, Sally (2009). Yulparija Dictionary. Wangka Maya Pilbara Languages. ISBN 9781921312793.


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