Ngarinyin language

Ngarinyin
Region Western Australia
Native speakers
 56 Ungarinyin  (2006 census)[1]
plus 2 Andajin (2009)[1]
Worrorran
  • Ngarinyin
Dialects
Ungarinjin
Guwidj (Orla)
Waladja
Ngarnawu
Andadjin
Munumburru
Wolyamidi
Waladjangarri
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ung – Ngarinyin
ajn – Andajin
Glottolog ngar1284[2]
AIATSIS[1] K18 Ungarinyin, K23 Andajin, K25 Munumburu, K26 Wolyamidi

The Ngarinyin language (Ungarinjin), or Eastern Worrorran, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia.

Classification

Ngarinyin is one of the Worrorran languages. It is a dialect cluster, and may be considered more than a single language; Bowern (2011) lists Ngarinyin, Andajin, and Worla.[3]

Phonology

Vowels

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

Consonants

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ungarinyin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngarinyin". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)