Mirning language
{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Mirning
|nativename={{lang|gmr|Ngandatha}}
|states=Australia
|region=Western Australia
|ethnicity = Mirning, ?Murunitja
|speakers=4
|date=2005
|ref=aiatsis
|familycolor=Australian
|fam1=Pama–Nyungan
|fam2=Mirning languages
|iso3=gmr
|aiatsis = A9
|glotto=mirn1245
|glottorefname=Mirniny
|map=File:Wirangu Map.jpg
|mapcaption=Languages of South Australia.Tribal boundaries, after Tindale (1974), adapted from Hercus (1999).
}}
Mirning (Mirniny) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia.
Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya.
Phonology
= Consonants =
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! rowspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Peripheral ! colspan="2" |Laminal ! colspan="2" |Apical |
Labial |
---|
Plosive
|p |k |(t̪) |c |t |ʈ |
Nasal
|m |ŋ | |ɲ |n |ɳ |
Rhotic
| | | | |ɾ | |
Lateral
| | | |ʎ |l |ɭ |
Approximant
| colspan="2" |w | |j | |ɻ |
/c/ may also occur as a dental stop [t̪] among speakers.
= Vowels =
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://wangka.com.au/mirniny-sketch-grammar/ Mirniny Sketch Grammar - Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre]
- [https://wangka.com.au/mirniny-phonology/ Mirniny Phonology]
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