Yinwum dialect

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.[3] Historically, it underwent some unusual phonological changes that are difficult to classify and understand in phonetic terms.

Yinwum
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityYinwum, ?Nyuwathayi
ExtinctBy 1960s[1]
Dialects
  • Njuwadhai?
Language codes
ISO 639-3yxm
Glottologyinw1236
AIATSIS[2]Y29

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

[4]

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).

Vowel Phonemes

[5]

Front Back
High i u
Mid e
Low a

References
  1. Yinwum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Y29 Yinwum at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12
  5. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.