Yidiny language
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| Yidiny | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Australia | |
| Region: | Queensland | |
| Total speakers: | 12 (1981) | |
| Language family: | Australian Pama-Nyungan Yidinic Yidiny |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | yii | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Yidiny (also spelled Yidinj, Yidiɲ, Yidinʸ) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, spoken by the Yidindji tribe of northern Queensland.
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[edit] Sounds
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i, iː | u, uː |
| Low | a, aː | |
[edit] Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ɽ | |||
| Semivowel | j | w |
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[edit] Bibliography
- R.M.W. Dixon. (1977). A Grammar of Yidiny. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
