Nyulnyul language
| Nyulnyul | |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Australia |
| Extinct | 1999, with the death of Carmel Charles |
Nyulnyulan
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nyv |
| Glottolog | nyul1247 |
| AIATSIS[1] | K13 |
| ELP | Nyulnyul |
Nyulnyul is an extinct Australian Aboriginal dialect, formerly spoken by the Nyulnyul people of Western Australia.
Mary Carmel Charles is documented as the last fluent speaker of the Nyulnyul language of Western Australia.[2]
Classification
Nyulnyul is very closely related to and was possibly mutually intelligible with Bardi, Jawi, Jabirrjabirr and Nimanburru, and possibly also Ngumbarl about which little is known. However, the speakers considered them to be distinct.
Notes
- ^ K13 Nyulnyul at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Charles, Mary (2000) [1993]. Winin – Why the Emu Cannot Fly. Translated by W. B. McGregor. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. ISBN 1-875641-07-6.
References
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 666–667. ISBN 0-521-47378-0.
- McGregor, W. B. (1994). "Complex Sentence Constructions in Nyulnyul, Western Australia". Functions of Language. 1: 25–66. doi:10.1075/fol.1.1.04mcg.
- McGregor, W. B. (1996). Nyulnyul. Munich and Newcastle: Lincom Europa.
- McGregor, W. B. (1999). "The Medio-active Construction in Nyulnyulan languages". Studies in Language. 23 (3): 531–567. doi:10.1075/sl.23.3.04mcg.
- McGregor, W. B. (1999). "External Possession Constructions in Nyulnyulan languages". In D.L. Payne; I. Barshi (eds.). External Possession. Amsterdam and Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins. pp. 429–448.
- McGregor, W. B. (2000). "Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions in Nyulnyulan languages". In Z. Frajzyngier; T.S. Curl (eds.). Reciprocals: Form and Function. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 85–122.
- McGregor, W. B. (2003). "Language Shift among the Nyulnyul of Dampier Land". Acta Linguistica Hafniensia. 35: 115–159. doi:10.1080/03740463.2003.10416076.
- Nekes, H. (1938). "The Pronoun in Nyol-Nyol (Nyul-Nyul) and Related Dialects". In A.P. Elkin (ed.). Studies in Australian Linguistics. Sydney: University of Sydney. pp. 139–163.
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