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]
Yinhawangka | |
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Ngarla | |
Native to | Western Australia |
Region | Pilbara |
Ethnicity | Inawongga, Ninanu, Ngarlawangga (Ngarla) |
Extinct | (date missing) 12 self-reported (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ywg |
Glottolog | yinh1234 |
AIATSIS[2] | A48 |
ELP | Yinhawangka |
Phonology
editConsonants
editPeripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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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
editFront | Central | Back | |
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High | i, iː | u, uː | |
Low | a, aː |
See also
editReferences
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.