Yinhawangka language
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| Yinhawangka | |
|---|---|
| Ngarla | |
| Native to | Western Australia |
| Region | Pilbara |
| Ethnicity | Inawongga, Ninanu, Ngarlawangga (Ngarla) |
| Extinct | (date missing) 12 self-reported (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ywg |
| Glottolog | yinh1234 |
| AIATSIS[2] | A48 |
| ELP | Yinhawangka |
Yinhawangka (Inawangga) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. Dench (1995) believed there was insufficient data to enable it to be confidently classified, but Bowern & Koch (2004) include it among the Ngayarda languages without proviso.[3]
Phonology[edit]
Consonants[edit]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | ɟ | t̪ | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ | l̪ | l | ɭ | ||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i, iː | u, uː | |
| Low | a, aː | ||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ A48 Yinhawangka 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
- ^ Jones, Barbara (2008). Yinhawangka dictionary: English-Yinhawangka wordlist and topical wordlists 2008. Port Hedland: Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre.
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