Matngele or Madngele is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Northern Territory spoken by the Madngella and Yunggor peoples.
Matngele | |
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Region | Northern Territory, Australia |
Ethnicity | Madngella, Yunggor |
Extinct | by 2006[1] perhaps 1 reported 1973; perhaps 10 reported 1990 |
Eastern Daly
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | zml |
Glottolog | madn1237 |
AIATSIS[1] | N12 |
ELP | Matngele |
Classification
editTryon (1974) classified Matngele with Kamu, and this is accepted by Dixon (2002) and Bowern (2011), though denied by Harvey (1990).[1]
Phonology
editVowels
editFront | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ɵ | |
Low | a |
Consonants
editPeripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
Stop | Voiceless | p | k | c | t | |
Voiced | b | ɡ | ɟ | d | ||
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ||
Lateral | ʎ | l | ||||
Rhotic | r | ɻ | ||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Grammar
editMatngele has only five simple verbs. These must be combined with coverbs in order to form complex verbs.
References
edit- ^ a b c N12 Matngele at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Zandvoort, F. B. (1999). A grammar of Matngele. BA honours sub-thesis. Armidale: University of New England.
External links
edit- Matngele at the Dalylanguages.org website.