Ngadjunmaya language

Ngadjunmaya, correctly known as Ngadjumaya^{[citation needed]}, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia that is located in the Goldfields-Esperance region.

Ngadjunmaya
Ngadjumaya
Native to	Australia
Region	Goldfields-Esperance; Eyre’s Sand Patch, Goddard Creek to Port Malcolm, to Fraser Range, to Naretha and Point Culver, at Mount Andres, Russell Range, Balladonia, and Norseman
Ethnicity	Ngadjunmaia, ?Murunitja
Native speakers	20 (2021)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Mirning Ngadjunmaya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nju
Glottolog	ngad1258
AIATSIS[1]	A3

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjumaya or of Mirning.

Phonology

Vowels

Three vowels with length are present:

	Front	Back
High	i     iː	u     uː
Low	a     aː

• /i/ can also be heard as [e] before a velar /k/, and as [ɛ ~ æ] before palatal sounds /ʎ, j/.
• /a/ can also be heard as [ɔ] when following sounds /w, j/, and as [o] when following /k/.
• /u/ can also be heard as fronted [ʏ] when preceding /j/.

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	t̪	c	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n	ɳ
Lateral			l̪	ʎ	l	ɭ
Rhotic					r	ɽ
Approximant	w			j

• /ɽ/ can be heard as either a tap [ɽ] or a glide [ɻ].
• /r/ can be heard as either a trill [r] or a tap [ɾ].
• /k/ can also have a voiced allophone of [ɣ] when in word-medial positions.^[2]