Lamalama language
| Lamalama | |
|---|---|
| Mbarrumbathama, Mba Rumbathama | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Lamalama |
Native speakers | 3 (2016 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lby |
| Glottolog | lamu1254 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y136 |
| ELP | Lamalama |
The Lamalama language, also known by the clan name Mbarrumbathama (Austlang) or Mba Rumbathama, formerly known as Lamu-Lamu or Lama-Lama, is a Paman language of Queensland, Australia. Lamalama is one of four languages once spoken by the Lamalama people, the others being Morrobolam (Umbuygamu), Mbariman-Gudinhma, and Umpithamu.
Naming and language relationships
In January 2019, the ISO database changed its reference name to Lamalama, from Lamu-Lamu.[3] As of August 2020[update], Glottolog calls it Lamalama,[4] while AIATSIS' Austlang database thesaurus heading is Mbarrumbathama language.[5]
Austlang says, quoting linguist Jean-Cristophe Verstraete (2018), that Lamalama, Rimanggudinhma (Mbariman-Gudhinma) and Morrobolam form a genetic subgroup of Paman known as Lamalamic, "defined by shared innovations in phonology and morphology". Within this subgroup, "Morrobolam and Lamalama form a phonologically innovative branch, while Rumanggudinhma forms a more conservative branch".[6]
Further reading
- Verstraete, J. (2018). The Genetic Status of Lamalamic: Phonological and Morphological Evidence. Oceanic Linguistics 57(1), 1-30. University of Hawai'i Press.
References
- ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ Y136 Lamalama at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ "lby". ISO 639-3. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "4.2.1 - Lamalama". Glottolog (in Javanese). Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Y136: Mbarrumbathama". AIATSIS Collection: AUSTLANG. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Y55: Morrobolam". AIATSIS Collection (Austlang). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.