- Nunggubuyu language
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Nunggubuyu or Wubuy Spoken in Numbulwar, Northern Territory Native speakers c. 70 + unknown number of partial or second-language speakers (perhaps 200) (2001[update])[1] (date missing) Language family Gunwinyguan- Nunggubuyu or Wubuy
Language codes ISO 639-3 nuy This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. Nunggubuyu or Wubuy is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Nunggubuyu people. It is the primary language of the community of Numbulwar in the Northern Territory.[2]
Contents
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial Lamino-Dental Apico-Alveolar Apico-Retroflex Lamino-
PostalveolarVelar Nasal m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ Stop p t̪ t ʈ c k Tap ɾ Lateral l̪ l ɭ Approximant w ɻ j w /n̪/ is rare. /ɾ/ may optionally be pronounced as a trill when it occurs word-initial position, which is rare.[3]
Vowels
Front Back High i iː u uː Low a aː Numbers
Nunggubuyu uses a quinary number system.[4]
1 anjbadj 2 wulawa 3 wulanjbadj 4 wulawulal 5 marangandjbugidj 6 maralibalinala mari anjbadj 7 maralibalinala mari wulawa 8 maralibalinala mari wulanjbadj 9 maralibalinala mari wulawulal 10 wurumulumara ngandjabugidj 15 wurumulumbulanbadj 20 wurumulumbulalwulal Notes
- ^ Australian census.
- ^ Numbulwar Numburindi Community Government Council (2007). "Numbulwar's Profile & Information". http://www.numbulwar.nt.gov.au/home/our_community/numbulwar_s_profile_information. Retrieved 2007-11-11. "The major language spoken in Numbulwar is Noongabuyu (Noon-ga-boy-you) along with creole. English is generally regarded as a third language in the community."
- ^ Heath (1984): p. 12.
- ^ Capell, A. "A New Approach to Australian Linguistics", Oceania linguistic monographs 1 (1956), Sydney: University of Sydney, p. 68. Cited in John Harris, "Facts and Fallacies of Aboriginal Number Systems", SIL work paper series B, volume 8 (1982), p. 161.
References
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Nunggubuyu". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed. ed.). Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=nuy.
- Heath, Jeffrey (1984). Functional Grammar of Nunggubuyu. Canberra: AIAS. ISBN 0-85575-157-6.
- Ladefoged, Peter (2005). Vowels and Consonants (Second ed.). Blackwell.
Categories:- Language articles with undated speaker data
- Gunwinyguan languages
- Indigenous Australian language stubs
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