Yulparirra language

Yulparirra or Yulparija (Yulparitja or Yulbarija) is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.[3]

Yulparirra
Yulparija
Yulbarija
RegionBidyadanga, north of Jigalong, Western Australia
Native speakers
33 (2021 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologyulp1239
AIATSIS[2]A67
ELPYulparija

It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.

Phonology

Yulparija has a typical phonemic inventory for languages of the Kimberley area. It uses 17 consonants in five distinct places of articulation.[4]

Consonant Phonemes
Bilabial Apico-alveolar Apico-post-alveolar Lamino-palatal Dorso-velar
Stops p p t t ʈ rt c j k k
Nasals m m n n ɳ rn ɲ ny ŋ ng
Laterals l l ɭ rl ʎ ly
Taps ɾ rr
Glides w w ɻ r j y

Vowels

Yulparija uses a three vowel system, with a length contrast for the open vowel [a] and the close back vowel [u].[4]

Vowel Phonemes
Front Back
Close i [i] u [u], uu []
Open a [a], a []

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. A67 Yulparirra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  4. Dixon, Sally (2009). Yulparija Dictionary. Wangka Maya Pilbara Languages. ISBN 9781921312793.


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