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Ngadjunmaya language

Endangered Pama–Nyungan language of Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

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Phonology

Vowels

Three vowels with length are present:

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  • /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

  • /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]
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