Yandruwandha language

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Yandruwandha is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. Yawarawarga is considered a dialect by Dixon (2002), a closely related language by Bowern (2001). It is also known as Yawarrawarrka, Yawarawarka, Yawarawarga, Yawarawarka, Jauraworka, and Jawarawarka).

Yandruwandha
Native toAustralia
RegionSouth Australia, Queensland
EthnicityYandruwandha people, Yawarrawarrka
Extinctsince 1973?[1]
Dialects
  • Yandruwanhdha
  • Yawarrawarrka
  • Nhirrpi
  • Parlpa-Mardramardra
  • Matja[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ynd – Yandruwandha
yww – Yawarawarga
hrp – Nhirrpi
Glottologyand1252  Yandruwandhic
AIATSIS[1]L18
ELPYandruwandha
 Yawarrawarrka[3]
 Nhirrpi[4]

The traditional language region includes Far Western Queensland around the local government area of the Shire of Diamantina extending into the Outback Communities Authority of South Australia towards Innamincka.[5]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voiceless p k c t ʈ
voiced b ɡ ɟ d ɖ
trill-release ɖʳ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Rhotic r
Lateral glide ʎ l ɭ
prestopped (ᵈ̪l̪) (ᵈl) (ɖɭ)
Approximant w j ɻ
  • Lateral sounds /l̪, l, ɭ/ can also be heard as prestopped [ᵈ̪l̪, ᵈl, ɖɭ] when occurring after a stressed vowel.[6]

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i u
Low a

References

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  1. ^ a b L18 Yandruwandha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Yawarrawarrka.
  4. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Nhirrpi.
  5. ^   This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yawarrawarrka". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ Breen 2015.

Work cited

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