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* Lateral sounds {{IPA|/l̪, l, ɭ/}} can also be heard as [[Pre-stopped consonant|prestopped]] {{IPA|[ᵈ̪l̪, ᵈl, <sup>ɖ</sup>ɭ]}} when occurring after a stressed vowel.{{Sfn|Breen|2004}}
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Latest revision as of 03:39, 15 March 2024

Yandruwandha
Native toAustralia
RegionSouth Australia, Queensland
EthnicityYandruwandha people, Yawarrawarrka
Extinctsince 1973?[1]
Dialects
  • Yandruwanhdha
  • Yawarrawarrka
  • Nhirrpi
  • Parlpa-Mardramardra
  • Matja[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ynd – Yandruwandha
yww – Yawarawarga
hrp – Nhirrpi
Glottologyand1252  Yandruwandhic
AIATSIS[1]L18
ELPYandruwandha
 Yawarrawarrka[3]
 Nhirrpi[4]

Yandruwandha is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. Yawarawarga is considered a dialect by Dixon (2002), a closely related language by Bowern (2001). It is also known as Yawarrawarrka, Yawarawarka, Yawarawarga, Yawarawarka, Jauraworka, and Jawarawarka).

The traditional language region includes Far Western Queensland around the local government area of the Shire of Diamantina extending into the Outback Communities Authority of South Australia towards Innamincka.[5]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voiceless p k c t ʈ
voiced b ɡ ɟ d ɖ
trill-release ɖʳ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Rhotic r
Lateral glide ʎ l ɭ
prestopped (ᵈ̪l̪) (ᵈl) (ɖɭ)
Approximant w j ɻ
  • Lateral sounds /l̪, l, ɭ/ can also be heard as prestopped [ᵈ̪l̪, ᵈl, ɖɭ] when occurring after a stressed vowel.[6]

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i u
Low a

References

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  1. ^ a b L18 Yandruwandha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Yawarrawarrka.
  4. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Nhirrpi.
  5. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yawarrawarrka". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ Breen 2004.

Further reading

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