Nyamal language

Nyamal
RegionPilbara, Western Australia
Native speakers
20 (2005) to 34 Nyamal (2006 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Nyamal
  • Widugari[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nly
Glottolognyam1271
AIATSIS[1]A58 Nyamal, A60 Witukari
ELPNyamal

Nyamal is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nyamal people in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i iː u uː
Low a aː

Vowels /a, i, u/ can also be heard as [ə, ɪ, ʊ].

References

  1. ^ a b A58 Nyamal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. ^ Witukari may be a generic name. Although the variety that data is available for shows it to be Nyamal, it may also refer to varieties of Nijadali.

Nyamal language


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