Mayi-Kulan | |
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Maykulan | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Maikulan, Maithakari, Maijabi |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
xyk – Mayi-Kulan (Wunumara)
xyt – Mayi-Thakurti
xyj – Mayi-Yapi |
Glottolog |
mayk1239 |
AIATSIS [1] |
G25 Mayi-Kulan,
G16 Mayi-Thakurti,
G20 Mayi-Yapi |
ELP | Mayi-Kulan |
Mayi-Thakurti [2] | |
Mayi-Yapi [3] |
Mayi-Kulan is an extinct Mayi language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Mayi-Kulan and its dialects may be dialects of Ngawun/Wunumara.
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Dental |
Alveolo- palatal |
Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | t̠ʲ | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | n̠ʲ | n | ɳ |
Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
Lateral | l̠ʲ | l | ɭ | |||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
Front | Back | |
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Close | i, iː | u, uː |
Open | a, aː |
Below is a basic vocabulary list from Blake (1981). [5]
English | Mayi-Yabi |
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man | pantyil |
woman | panya |
mother | yakura |
father | mutyu |
head | ngankul |
eye | mili |
nose | kunyin |
ear | pinar |
mouth | yatyin |
tongue | ngulan |
tooth | yatyayin |
hand | malaru |
breast | ṯampu |
stomach | ngapurra |
urine | kipara |
faeces | waṉṯu |
thigh | ṯarru |
foot | tyana |
bone | ṯimul |
blood | kapul |
dog | yampi |
snake | tyinyur |
kangaroo | matyumpa |
possum | kakuny |
fish | palpi |
spider | kupu |
mosquito | wungkuny |
emu | tyungkupari |
eaglehawk | kurriṯala |
crow | waya |
sun | maṉṯara |
moon | kukara |
star | tyinpi |
stone | mirnti |
water | kamu |
camp | makiya |
fire | yangu |
smoke | kumiri |
food | maṉṯa |
meat | kaṯi |
stand | ṯari |
sit | yini |
see | ṉama |
go | wapi |
get | mantyi |
hit | puntyi |
I | ngayu |
you | yuntu |
one | kuruny |
two | pulakara |