Bandjalang language

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Bandjalang
Spoken in:	New South Wales, Australia
Total speakers:	10 (1983)
Language family:	Pama-Nyungan Bandjalang
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`aus`
ISO/FDIS 639-3:	`bdy`
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key.

Bandjalang is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of New South Wales.

Bandjalang consists of a number of dialects, including Yugumbir, Nganduwal, Minjangbal, Njangbal, Biriin, Baryulgil, Waalubal, Dinggabal, Wiyabal, Gidabal, Galibal, and Wudjeebal.

1 Phonology
- 1.1 Vowels
- 1.2 Consonants
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Mid	e eː
Low	a aː

/a/ and /e/ are neutralised as [ɛ] before /j/.

[edit] Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal	Apical
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Alveolar
Stop	b	ɡ	ɟ	d
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n
Lateral				l
Rhotic				r
Semivowel	w		j

[edit] References

Crowley, Terry (1978). The Middle Clarence dialects of Bandjalang. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Cunningham, Margaret C. (1969). "A description of the Yugumbir dialect of Bandjalang". University of Queensland Papers, Faculty of Arts 1 (8).
Geytenbeek, Brain B. (1964). "Morphology of the regular verbs of Gidabul". Papers on the languages of the Australian Aborigines.
Geytenbeek, Brian B., Getenbeek, Helen (1971). Gidabal grammar and dictionary. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Geytenbeek, Helen (1964). "Personal pronouns of Gidabul".
Holmer, Nils M. (1971). Notes on the Bandjalang Dialect. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Sharpe, Margaret C. (1994). An all-dialect dictionary of Banjalang, an Australian language no longer in general use.