Malak-Malak language

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Malak-Malak
Spoken in: Northern Territory
Total speakers: 9 to 11 in 1988
Language family: Daly
 Malagmalag
  Malak-Malak 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aus
ISO 639-3: mpb
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Malak-Malak (also spelt Mullukmulluk, Malagmalag) or Ngolokwangga (Ngolak-Wonga, Ngolok-Wanggar, Nguluwongga) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is nearly extinct, with children growing up speaking Kriol instead.

Contents

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

Front Back
Close i ʊ
Close-mid e
Open-mid ɛ
Open a

[edit] Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Stop p k c t
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Lateral ʎ l
Rhotic r ɻ
Semivowel w j

[edit] References

  • Birk, D. B. W. (1976). The MalakMalak language, Daly River (Western Arnhem Land). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
  • Ray, Sidney H. (Jan.–Jun. 1909). "The Ngolok-Wanggar Language, Daly River, North Australia". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 39: 137–141. doi:10.2307/2843287. 
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