Yinhawangka language

Not to be confused with Ngarla language.

Yinhawangka
Ngarla
Native toWestern Australia
RegionPilbara
EthnicityInawongga, Ninanu, Ngarlawangga (Ngarla)
Extinct(date missing)
12 self-reported (2021 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ywg
Glottologyinh1234
AIATSIS[2]A48
ELPYinhawangka

Yinhawangka (Inawangga) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. Dench (1995) believed there was insufficient data to enable it to be confidently classified, but Bowern & Koch (2004) include it among the Ngayarda languages without proviso.[3]

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k ɟ t̪ t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n̪ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l̪ l ɭ
Rhotic ɾ
Approximant w j ɻ

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
High i, iː u, uː
Low a, aː

[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ A48 Yinhawangka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
  4. ^ Jones, Barbara (2008). Yinhawangka dictionary: English-Yinhawangka wordlist and topical wordlists 2008. Port Hedland: Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre.


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