Maung language
| Maung | |
|---|---|
| Gun-Marung | |
| Native to | Australien |
| Region | Goulburn Island, Arnhem Land |
Native speakers | (240 cited 1996) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mph |
| ELP | Mawng |
Maung (Mawung, Mawng) Australian language is the language of the Goulburn Islands, off the north coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of Australia. Maung is closely related to Iwaidja language which occupies the northwestern corner of the opposite mainland. This is a language that belongs to the Iwaidjan language family of Non-Pama–Nyungan languages. [1] As of 1983, there were 200 speakers of the language.(Ethnologue)
Phonology
Consonant inventory
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatodental | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops | b | d | d̩ | dj | g |
| Nasals | m | n | n̩ | nj | ŋ |
| Laterals | l | l̩ | |||
| Vibrants | r | r̩ | |||
| Fricatives | ɣ | ||||
| Semi-vowels | w | rˈ | j |
Vowel inventory
| Header text | Front | Header text | Central | Header text | Zurück |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoch | i | u | |||
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||
| Niedrig | a |
The phoneme inventories provided here have been extracted from Capell's well-known [1] work on Maung published in 1970. However, more recent papers( Singer 2006;[2] Teo 2007 [3])works on Maung argue for phoneme inventories that are somewhat inconsistent with Capell's analysis. While Capell describes a retroflex vibrant, Teo [3] refers to this phoneme as a retroflex tap. Singer[2] does not mention a vibrant/tap/trill/flap at this place of articulation at all. Both Singer[2](2006) and Teo(2007) [3]propose a retroflex approximant which is absent in Capell's [1] analysis. Capell [1] refers to an alveolar vibrant while Singer[4] refers to an alveolar tap but this phoneme is not present in Teo's [3] analysis. Capell [1] also argues for an alveolar semi-vowel (approximant) which is notably absent in both Singer[2] and Teo.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Capell, A. & Hinch, H. E. 1970 Maung grammar; texts and vocabulary / A. Capell and H.E. Hinch Mouton, The Hague :
- ^ a b c d Singer, R. 2006 Agreement in Mawng: Productive and lexicalised uses of agreement in an Australian language: The University of Melbourne Melbourne :
- ^ a b c d Teo, A. 2007 Breaking up is hard to do: teasing apart morphological complexity in Iwaidja and Maung:
- ^ Singer, R. 2005 Agreement in Mawng: Productive and lexicalised uses of agreement in an Australian language: The University of Melbourne Melbourne :