:Nyiyaparli language
{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Nyiyaparli
|altname="Nijadali"
|states=Western Australia
|region=
|speakers=3
|date=2005 & 2006 census
|ref=aiatsis
|speakers2=(census data seem to be repeated for Jauna & Palyku)
|familycolor=Australian
|fam1=Pama–Nyungan
|fam2=NgayardaBowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
|dia1=Palyku
|dia2=Nankilakuthu ('high' or padupadu dialect)
|dia3=Martuyitha ('low' dialect)
|dia4=?Ngulipartu (self-reported)
|iso3 = xny
|glotto=nija1241
|glottorefname=Nyiyaparli-Palyku
|aiatsis=A50
}}
Nyiyaparli (Nyiyabali, Njijabali, or misspelled Nijadali) is a nearly extinct Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Palyku (Bailko) and Niabali (Jana) people of Western Australia. There's a formal language register known as padupadu.
Phonology
= Consonants =
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!Labial |
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Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|c}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|ʈ}} |
Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɳ}} |
Rhotic
| | | |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | |
Lateral
| | |{{IPA link|l̠ʲ}} |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|ɭ}} |
Approximant
| colspan="2" |{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|j}} |{{IPA link|ɹ}} | |
- {{IPA|/ɲ, c, l̠ʲ/}} can also be heard as dental sounds {{IPA|[n̪, t̪, l̪]}} in free variation among speakers.
- Sounds {{IPA|/ɾ, ɹ/}} can be heard in free variation as {{IPA|[r, ɻ]}} among speakers.
= Vowels =
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! !Back |
High
|{{IPA link|i}} | |{{IPA link|u}} |
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Low
| |{{IPA link|ɐ}} | |
- {{IPA|/i, u//}} can be heard as {{IPA|[ɪ, ʊ]}} within diphthongs.{{Cite book |last=Battin |first=Jacqueline |title=Topics in Nyiyaparli morphosyntax |publisher=Australian National University |year=2019}}