Yinwum dialect
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| Yinwum | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct | Unknown |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | urf |
Yinwum is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Yinwum people. It is unknown when it became extinct.[1] Historically, it underwent some unusual phonological changes that are difficult to classify and understand in phonetic terms.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Consonant Phonemes
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | |
| Prenasalised stop | ⁿp | ⁿk | ⁿc | ⁿt̪ | ⁿt ⁿtʳ | |
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t tʳ | |
| Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | |||
| Vibrant | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ | ||
/ⁿtʳ/ and /tʳ/ are post-trilled consonants (trilled affricates).
[edit] Vowel Phonemes
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | |
| Low | a | |
[edit] References
- ^ Ernst Kausen (2005). Australische Sprachen. http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/kausen/klassifikationen/Australisch.doc.
- ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12
- ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12
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