Marrithiyel language
{{Short description|Endangered Aboriginal language spoken in Australia's Northern Territory}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Marrithiyel
|nativename=Berringen
|states=Australia
|region=Daly River
|ethnicity=Marrithiyal people, Marimanindji, Maridan, Mariamo, Maridjabin, Marijedi
|speakers=15
|date=2016 census
|familycolor=Australian
|fam1=Western Daly
|dia1=Marri Ammu
|dia2=Marritjevin
|dia3=Marridan
|dia4=Marramanindjdji
|dia5=Marrithiyel
|lc1=mfr|ld1=Marrithiyel
|lc2=xru|ld2=Marriammu
|lc3=zmj|ld3=Maridjabin
|lc4=zmd|ld4=Maridan
|lc5=zmm|ld5=Marimanindji
|lc6=zmy|ld6=Mariyedi
|aiatsis=N7
|glotto=mari1420
|glottorefname=Marithielic
|ELP2=2329 |ELPname2=Marriammu
|ELP3=1908 |ELPname3=Maridjabin
|ELP4=1907 |ELPname4=Maridan
|ELP5=1909 |ELPname5=Marimanindji
|ELP6=2327 |ELPname6=Mariyedi
}}
Marrithiyel (Marithiel, also Maridhiel, Maridhiyel), also known as Berringen (Bringen, Brinken), is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Marrithiyal people.
Dialects besides Marrithiyel proper are Nganygit, Marri Amu (Marriammu, Mare-Ammu), Maridjabin (Maredyerbin, Maretyabin, Maridyerbin, Maritjabin), Marridan (Meradan), Marramanindjdji (Marramaninydyi, Marimanindji), and Mariyedi.
The Marri Amu dialect is part of a language revival project to save critically endangered languages.
{{as of|2020}}, Marri Amu is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".{{cite web|website=First Languages Australia|url=https://www.firstlanguages.org.au/projects/plsp|title=Priority Languages Support Project|access-date=13 January 2020}}
Sounds
= Consonants =
class="IPA wikitable" |
! Labial
! Velar |
---|
style="text-align: center;"
! Stop | p | k | t | c |
style="text-align: center;"
! Nasal | m | ŋ | n | ɲ |
style="text-align: center;"
| | | θ | ʂ |
style="text-align: center;"
| | | ɾ~r | |
style="text-align: center;"
! Lateral | | | l | |
style="text-align: center;"
| w | | ɹ̠ | j |
- Retroflex sounds /ɳ ɭ/ may have also been recorded.
- Alveolar sound /t/ may also be heard as [ʈ].
- A dental fricative /θ/ can also be heard as a stop [t̪].
= Vowels =
class="wikitable IPA" | ||
!Front
!Back | ||
---|---|---|
style="text-align: center;"
!High | i | u | |
style="text-align: center;"
!Mid |ɛ |(ɜ) | | ||
style="text-align: center;"
!Low | | a |
- An additional central vowel [ɜ] is also heard among dialects.
- /i u/ can also be heard as [ɪ ʊ].
- /u/ may also have an allophone of [ɔ].
- /a/ can have front and central allophones of [a ɒ].{{Cite book|last=Green|first=Ian|title=The phonology and morphology of Marrithiyel: A preliminary study|publisher=Canberra: Australian National University|year=1981}}
References
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External links
- [http://dalylanguages.org/view_language.php?id=12 Marrithiyel] at the [http://dalylanguages.org/ Dalylanguages.org website].
- [http://dalylanguages.org/view_language.php?id=13 Marri Tjevin] (dialect of Marrithiyel) at the [http://dalylanguages.org/ Dalylanguages.org website].
- [http://dalylanguages.org/view_language.php?id=14 Marri Ammu] (dialect of Marrithiyel) at the [http://dalylanguages.org/ Dalylanguages.org website].
- [http://dalylanguages.org/view_language.php?id=15 Marri Dan] (dialect of Marrithiyel) at the [http://dalylanguages.org/ Dalylanguages.org website].
- [http://dalylanguages.org/view_language.php?id=16 Marramaninjsji] (closely related to Marrithiyel) at the [http://dalylanguages.org/ Dalylanguages.org website].
{{Australian Aboriginal languages}}
Category:Western Daly languages
Category:Endangered indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory