Other Sources:Blake, Barry J. 1971. "Jalanga: An Outline Morphology," in POLAA, 12-27.
Consonant system:
p t̯ t ṭ c k
m n̯ n ñ ŋ l̯ l r
Stops:p t̯ t ṭ c k
Nasals:m n̯ n ñ ŋ
Laterals:l̯ l
Vibrants:r
Glides:j w
Front Vowels:i
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u
Long Vowels:v̄ all
Syllable:(C)V(C)
Demonstratives:3: near (in front), near (oblique, i.e. beside, above, below, behind), far
Pronouns:
1 4d(i) 4 2 5d 5 3 6d 6 4di=4d+4
Syntax:SOV NA DN/ND POSS-N
Prep/Post:POST
Comments:The corpus is small and other phonemes may occur in the language. e.g. nˈ lˈ.
Number:4588
Language:Kaititj
Location:C Australia (SC Northern Territory)
Classification:Australia: Pama-Nyungan: Arandic
Other Sources:LOA
Consonant system:
b d̯ d ḍ ɟ ɡ
m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ l̯ l ḷ ʎ r ɹ̣̣
Stops:b d̯ d ḍ ɟ ɡ
Nasals:m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ
Laterals:l̯ l ḷ ʎ
Vibrants:r ɹ̣̣
Modified Consonants:cN (prestopped nasals) = m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ
Glides:j w ɯ̯
Central Vowels:ǝ a
Number:4589
Language:Alyawarra
Location:C Australia (SC Northern Territory)
Population:500
Classification:Australia: Pama-Nyungan: Arandic
Grammar:GD: Yallop, Colin. 1977. Alyawarra: An Aboriginal Language of Central Australia. Canberra: AIAS.
Consonant system:
p t̯h t ṭ c k
ɣ m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ l̯ l ḷ ʎ r ɹ̣
Stops:p t̯h t ṭ c k
Fricatives:ɣ
Nasals:m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ
Laterals:l̯ l ḷ ʎ
Vibrants:r ɹ̣
Modified Consonants:cN (nasally released consonants) p t̯h t ṭ c k
Glides:j w
Front Vowels:i
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u
Long Vowels:v̄ i (u)
Diphthongs:aj (aw)
Syllable:(C)(W)V(C), Nˈ
Stress:on 1st vowel following first C in word (= initial/second)
Noun Number:s d p
Demonstratives:3 + ref
Pronouns:
1 4die* 4ie* 2 5d* 5* 3 6d* 6* *Every Alyawarra belongs to one of four sections: an individual's section is determined by, but is not the same as, his mother's section. . . Most dual and plural personal pronouns exist in three forms. Form I is used if the persons referred to by the pronouns are both (all) of one section; form II is used if the persons referred to are not of one section but are both (all) within the same section-pair. . .; form III is used where neither I nor II is appropriate, that is, where at least two of the persons referred to are of different section-pairs." Yallop 1977, 4-5.
Syntax:SOV NA GN/NG ND N-NUM N-POSS N+A+Num
Ergative:erg
Prep/Post:POST
Number:4590
Language:Aranda
Alternate Name:Arrarnta
Dialect:Southern
Location:C Australia (S Northern Territory)
Classification:Australia: Pama-Nyungan: Arandic
Other Sources:
AL 8:2 LOA WALS WPF
Consonant system:
b d̯ d ḍ ɟ ɡ
ɣ m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ l̯ l ḷ ʎ r ɹ̣
Stops:b d̯ d ḍ ɟ ɡ
Fricatives:ɣ
Nasals:m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ
Laterals:l̯ l ḷ ʎ
Vibrants:r ɹ̣
Modified Consonants:cN (nasally released consonants) ?
Glides:j w
Front Vowels:i
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u
Long Vowels:v̄
Pronouns:
1 4di1i2e 4i1i2e 2 5di1i2e 5i1i2e 3 6d 6 "The i#1 is used when the referents belong to the same marriage class, the i#2 is used when the referents are part of separate marriage classes on the same side of the moiety, and the e is used when there is at least one person from the other half of the moeity." WPF
Grammar:O'Grady, Geoffrey N. 1964. Nyangumata Grammar. OLM 9.
Other Sources:
O'Grady, G. N. 1960. "New Concepts in Nyangumadˈa: Some Data on Linguistic Acculturation," AL 2:1, 1-6. O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and Kathleen A. Mooney. 1973. "Nyangumarda Kinship Terminology," AL 15, 1-23. AL 8:2
