:Nyiyaparli language

{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Nyiyaparli

|altname="Nijadali"

|states=Western Australia

|region=

|ethnicity=Bailgu, Niabali

|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

!Velar

!(Alveolo-)
palatal

!Alveolar

!Retroflex

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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!

!Front

!Central

!Back

High

|{{IPA link|i}}

|

|{{IPA link|u}}

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}}

References

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{{Ngayarda}}

{{Pama–Nyungan languages|West}}

Ngarla

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