Mbiywom language

Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of Cape York and Cook Shire in Far North Queensland.^[1][2]

Mbiywom
Mbeiwum
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Mbewum
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Mbiywom
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	mbiy1238
AIATSIS[1]	Y41
ELP	Mbiywom

Alternative names

• Bywoom
• Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan
• Kokimoh / Kokinno
• M Berwum
• Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum
• Uradhi^[1]

Phonology

Consonants

		Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
		Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	voiceless	p	k	c	t̪	t
	voiced	b	ɡ	ɟ	d̪	d
Fricative		β	ɣ		ð
Nasal		m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	n
Rhotic						r
Approximant		w		j		l	ɻ

Vowels

	Front		Back
High	i	y	u
Mid	e		o
Low	a

^[3]