Jiwarli language
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- Ethnologue shows Jiwarli as an alternate name for the Australian Aboriginal language Mangarla.
| Jiwarli | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Western Australia | |
| Language extinction: | April 1986 with the death of Jack Butler. | |
| Language family: | Pama-Nyungan South-West Mantharta Jiwarli |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | djl | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Jiwarli (also spelt Djwiarli, Tjiwarli) is an Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Western Australia. It is one of the Mantharta languages of the large Southwest branch of the Pama-Nyungan family.
The last native speaker of Jiwarli, Jack Butler, died in April 1986.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i, iː | u, uː |
| Low | a, aː | |
[edit] Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | |
| Stop | p | k | c | t̪ | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ | l̪ | l | ɭ | ||
| Rhotic | r | ɻ | ||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
[edit] Phonotactics
Word-initially, only non-apical stops, nasals and glides are allowed; that is, words may only begin with one of /p k c t̪ m ŋ ɲ n̪ w j/. Words may not begin with vowels.
All words end in vowels.
[edit] External links
- Information on the Jiwarli language and culture
- Ethnologue report for language code:djl
- Handbook of WA Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region: Jiwarli
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