Nyiyaparli language
| Nyiyaparli | |
|---|---|
| "Nijadali" | |
| Native to | Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Bailgu, Niabali |
Native speakers | 3 (2005 & 2006 census)[1] (census data seem to be repeated for Jauna & Palyku)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xny |
| Glottolog | nija1241 |
| AIATSIS[1] | A50 |
| ELP | |
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.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Velar | (Alveolo-) palatal |
Alveolar | Retroflex | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | k | c | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
| Rhotic | ɾ | ||||
| Lateral | l̠ʲ | l | ɭ | ||
| Approximant | w | j | ɹ | ||
- /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
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Low | ɐ |
- /i, u// can be heard as [ɪ, ʊ] within diphthongs.[3]
References
- ^ a b c A50 Nyiyaparli at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
- ^ Battin, Jacqueline (2019). Topics in Nyiyaparli morphosyntax. Australian National University.