Mirning | |
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Ngandatha | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Mirning, ? Murunitja |
Native speakers | 4 (2005) [1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
gmr |
Glottolog |
mirn1245 |
AIATSIS [1] |
A9 |
ELP | Mirniny |
Languages of South Australia.
[2] |
Mirning (Mirniny) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia.
Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya. [1]
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | (t̪) | c | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ | |
Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | |||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
/c/ may also occur as a dental stop [t̪] among speakers.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː | |
Low | a aː |
/a/ may also range to a back vowel [ɑ].
Mirniny Sketch Grammar - Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre