Mirning language

Mirning (Mirniny) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia.

Mirning
Ngandatha
Native to	Australia
Region	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Mirning, ?Murunitja
Native speakers	4 (2005)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Mirning languages Mirning
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gmr
Glottolog	mirn1245
AIATSIS[1]	A9
ELP	Mirniny
Languages of South Australia.[2]

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya.^[1]

Phonology

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	(t̪)	c	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ		ɲ	n	ɳ
Rhotic					ɾ
Lateral				ʎ	l	ɭ
Approximant	w			j		ɻ

/c/ may also occur as a dental stop [t̪] among speakers.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Low		a aː

/a/ may also range to a back vowel [ɑ].

See also

• Kalarko–Mirniny language