Mbariman-Gudhinma language

Mbariman-Gudhinma (Rimanggudinhma, Rimang-Gudinhma, Parimankutinma), one of several languages labelled Gugu Warra (Kuku-Warra,^[2] Kuku-Wara) 'unintelligible speech' as opposed to Gugu Mini 'intelligible speech',^[3] is an extinct dialect cluster of Aboriginal Australian languages of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia. Another one in the group is Wurangung, also known as Yadaneru or Jeteneru.^[4]

Mbariman-Gudhinma
Gugu Warra
Wurangung
Native to	Australia
Region	Queensland
Ethnicity	Lamalama, Kokowara = Laia, Yadaneru (Wurangung)
Extinct	likely by 2003
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Mbariman-Gudhinma
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: zmv – Mbariman-Gudhinma wrw – Gugu Warra
Glottolog	mbar1253  Rimanggudhinma gugu1256  Roth's Gugu Warra
AIATSIS[1]	Y195 Rimanggudinhma, Y80 Gugu Warra, Y66 Wurangung
ELP	Mbariman-Gudhinma Gugu-Warra

The dialects were spoken by the Lamalama people.

Austlang says, quoting linguist Jean-Cristophe Verstraete (2018), that Lamalama, Rimanggudinhma (Mbariman-Gudhinma) and Morrobolam form a genetic subgroup of Paman known as Lamalamic, "defined by shared innovations in phonology and morphology". Within this subgroup, "Morrobolam and Lamalama form a phonologically innovative branch, while Rumanggudinhma forms a more conservative branch".^[5]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪	t	c	k
	voiced	b	d̪	d	ɟ	ɡ
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿ̪d̪	ⁿd	ᶮɟ	ᵑɡ
Nasal		m	n̪	n	ɲ	ŋ
Lateral				l
Rhotic	voiced			r
	voiceless			r̥
Approximant		w	ð̞	ɹ	j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

^[6]