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

!Velar

!Dental

!Palatal

!Alveolar

!Retroflex

Plosive

|p

|k

|(t̪)

|c

|t

Nasal

|m

|

|n

Rhotic

|

|

|

|

|

Lateral

|

|

|

|l

Approximant

| colspan="2" |w

|

|j

|

/c/ may also occur as a dental stop [t̪] among speakers.

= Vowels =

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!

!Front

!Central

!Back

High

|i iː

|

|u uː

Low

|

| colspan="2" |a aː

/a/ may also range to a back vowel [ɑ].

See also

References

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