Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), or Badhu, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Paman family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland, Australia by the Ayapathu people.[1][2]: 17 The Ayabadhu language region includes the Cook Shire and the areas around Coen and Port Stewart.[3]
Ayabadhu | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland; north of Coleman River, south of Coen. |
Ethnicity | Ayapathu, Yintyingka |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ayd |
Glottolog | ayab1239 |
AIATSIS[1] | Y60 |
ELP | Ayapathu |
Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by the Yintyingka and Lamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language.[2]: 51 They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" to Western Ayapathu.[4] The name Yintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language.[1][5]
Phonology
editVowels
editFront | Central | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
Open | a aː |
Consonants
editPeripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | |||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | ||
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʔ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | |
Rhotic | r | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | w | j | ɹ |
- Consonants may show gemination [Cː] when in intervocalic position after a stressed initial-syllable with a short vowel.
- Voicing among stops may be heard as [b, ɡ, d̪, ɟ, d] when following nasal sounds, or within the onset of a third syllable in trisyllablic words.
- /t/ may also have a trilled allophone [tʳ] within the onset of a second syllable.
- /w/ may also be heard as a fricative [β] or an approximant [β̞] within intervocalic positions.[6]
Vocabulary
editSome words from the Ayabadhu language, as spelt and written by Ayabadhu authors include:[3]
- 'Agu: land
- 'Eka: head
- Kaleny: uncle
- Kangka: leaf
- Ko'on: magpie goose
- Kuche: two
- Mayi: food
- Punga: sun
- Wanthi punga: good day
References
edit- ^ a b c Y60 Ayabadhu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Walter de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9781614519003. ISBN 978-1-5015-0071-8.
- ^ a b This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Ayabadhu published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Y236: Yintyingka". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Y50: Umpithamu". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.