Nyamal language

Nyamal is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nyamal people in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Nyamal
Region	Pilbara, Western Australia
Native speakers	20 (2005) to 34 Nyamal (2006 census)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngayarta Nyamal
Dialects	Nyamal Widugari[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nly
Glottolog	nyam1271
AIATSIS[1]	A58 Nyamal, A60 Witukari
ELP	Nyamal

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Low		a aː

Vowels /a, i, u/ often appear as [ə, ɪ, ʊ].

Kinship terms

Nyamal has a typologically rare system of kinship terms. The kinship terms in Nyamal identify the sex of the relative, the generation they belong to (relative to the speaker), as well as their moiety, but not the more specific relationship. For example, the father and the father's brother are identified with the same kinship term, mama.^[3]