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|name=Banyjima |
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|states=[[Australia]] |
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|region=[[Pilbara]] region of [[Western Australia]]. |
|region=[[Pilbara]] region of [[Western Australia]]. |
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|speakers=50 ({{as of|1991|lc=on}}) |
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|fam1=[[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan]] |
|fam1=[[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan]] |
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|fam2=[[Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages|Southwest]] |
|fam2=[[Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages|Southwest]] |
Revision as of 12:31, 20 November 2011
Banyjima | |
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Native to | Australien |
Region | Pilbara region of Western Australia. |
Native speakers | 50 (as of 1991[update]) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pnw |
ELP | Panyjima |
Panyjima is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Hamersley Range, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the traditional language of the Panyjima people. The name has also been spelled Bandjima, Banjima, Banyjima, Paanjima, Pandjima, Panjima, Panjtjima, and Panytyima.
Like most indigenous languages, Panyjima is endangered. Younger generations have English as a first language and make little distinction between Panyjima and its closely related neighbouring languages.
Classification
Panyjima is classified as a member of the Ngayarta or Ngayarda subgroup of the Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages. Under Carl Georg von Brandenstein's 1967 classification, Martuthunira was classed as an Inland Ngayarda language, but the separation of the Ngayarda languages into Coastal and Inland groups is no longer considered valid.
Phonology
Consonants
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
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 |
Vowels
Front | Zurück | |
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Hoch | i iː | u uː |
Niedrig | a aː |
The long vowels are rare.
Grammar
Accusative alignment
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Accusative_alignment.svg/220px-Accusative_alignment.svg.png)
Unlike most Australian languages, which exhibit ergativity, Panyjima and the other Ngayarta languages have an accusative alignment. That is, the subjects of transitive verbs are treated the same as the subjects of intransitive verbs, while the objects are treated differently.
References
- Dench, Alan (1991). "Panyjima". In R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake (ed.). The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia. pp. 125–244. ISBN 0-19-553097-7.