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Number: 4461

Language: Awngthim

Alternate Name: Anguthimri

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Northern

Other Sources:

Hale, Kenneth. 1976a. "Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages," in LCY, 7-40.
LOA
WALS

Consonant system:

b d̯ d ɟ ɡ ʔ
d^r
β ð ɣ
m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
r ɹ̣̣

Stops: b d̯ d ɟ ɡ ʔ

Affricates: d^r

Fricatives: β ð ɣ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r ɹ̣̣

Modified Consonants: ^Nc b d̯ d ɟ ɡ d^r

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i y e (ø) æ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ i e æ a u only

Nasal Vowels: ṽ i e æ a only

Syntax: SOV

Number: 4462

Language: Mbiywom

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Northern

Other Sources: Hale, Kenneth. 1976a. "Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages," in LCY, 7-40.

Consonant system:

p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ

β ð ɣ
m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
r ɹ

Stops: p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ

Fricatives: β ð ɣ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r ɹ

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i y e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Number: 4463

Language: Wik-Me'anha

Alternate Name: Wik-Me'nh

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Middle

Other Sources: AL 8:2

Consonant system:

p t̪ t c k ʔ

m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
r ɹ̣̣

Stops: p t̪ t c k ʔ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r ɹ̣̣

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i y e ø

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u

Long Vowels: v̄ i e a u

Number: 4464

Language: Wik-Ngathana

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Middle

Other Sources: WALS

Consonant system:

Syntax: OSV

Number: 4465

Language: Wik-Mungkan

Alternate Name: Wik-Munkan

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Population: 750

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Middle

Grammar: Oates, William, et al. 1964. Gugu-Yalanji and Wik-Munkan Language Studies. Canberra: AIAS.

Other Sources:

Sayers, Barbara. 1964. "The Phonemes of Coen Wik-Munkan," in Gugu-Yalanji and Wik-Munkan Language Studies, 51-6.
Sayers, Barbara J. and Harland B. Kerr. 1964. "Wik-Munkan Locative, Temporal and Demonstrative Pronouns," in PLAA, 1-12.
Godfrey, M. and H. B. Kerr. 1964. "Personal Pronouns in Wik-Munkan," in PLAA, 13-34.
Godfrey, Marie. 1970. "Wik-Munkan Verb Morphology," in PL C13, 741-56.
Sayers, Barbara J. 1976a. "The Relevance of Stress and Pitch in the Grammatical Hierarchy of Wik-Mungkan," in LCY, 284-98.
Sayers, Barbara J. 1976b. "Interpenetration of Stress and Pitch in Wik-Munkan Grammar and Phonology, in PL A42, 31-79.
Sayers, Barbara J. 1976c. The Sentence in Wik-Munkan: A Description of Propositional Relationships. PL B44.
Kilham, Christine A. 1977. Thematic Organization of Wik-Munkan Discourse. PL B52.
AL 8:2

Consonant system:

p t̯ t c k ʔ

m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
ɾ ɹ̣̣

Stops: p t̯ t c k ʔ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: ɾ ɹ̣̣

Modified Consonants: The Coen dialect lacks t̯, n̯, & ɹ̣.

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Syllable: (C)V(C)

Stress: initial

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4die 4ie
2 5d 5
3 6d 6
4de=4e

Syntax: SOV NA GN ND N-NUM N-POSS N+A+Num+D

Ergative: erg

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 4466

Language: Wik-Iiyanh

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Middle

Consonant system:

Number: 4467

Language: Kugu-Muminh

Alternate Name: Wik-Muminh

Location: NE Austrlai (N Queensland)

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Middle

Other Sources: AL 8:2

Consonant system:

p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ ʔ

m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
r ɹ̣̣

Stops: p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ ʔ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r ɹ̣̣

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u

Number: 4468

Language: Pakanha

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Middle

Consonant system:

Number: 4469

Language: Ayabadhu

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Middle

Consonant system:

Number: 4470

Language: Thaayorre

Alternate Name: Taior

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Population: 100

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Western

TextBooks: Hall, Allen. 1976a. "Methods of Negation in Kuuk Thaayorre," in LCY, 299-307.

Other Sources:

Hall, Allen. 1976b. "Morphological Categories of Nouns in Kuuk Thaayorre," in LCY, 308-14.
E

Consonant system:

Syntax: SVO NA GN ND N-NUM N-POSS

Ergative: erg

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 4471

Language: Yir Yoront

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Western

Other Sources: Alpher, Barry. 1976. "Phonological Peculiarities of Yir-Yoront Song Words," in LCY, 78-83.

Consonant system:

p t̯ t ṭ c k ʔ

m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ
l̯ l
ɾ ɹ̣

Stops: p t̯ t ṭ c k ʔ

Nasals: m n̯ n ṇ ñ ŋ

Laterals: l̯ l

Vibrants: ɾ ɹ̣

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: u o

Number: 4472

Language: Kaantyu

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: North-Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4473

Language: Umpila

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Population: nearly extinct

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: North-Eastern

Other Sources: Harris, Barbara P. and Geoffrey N. O'Grady. 1976. "An Analysis of the Progressive Morpheme in Umpila Verbs: A Revision of a Former Attempt," in LCY, 165-212.

Consonant system:

p t̯ t c k ʔ

m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
r ɹ

Stops: p t̯ t c k ʔ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r ɹ

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Stress: initial

Pronouns:

1 4di 4ie
2 5

Number: 4474

Language: Umpila

Dialect: Kuuku-Ya'u

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Population: 175

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: North-Eastern

Other Sources: Thompson, David A. 1976. "A Phonology of Kuuku-Ya'u," in LCY, 213-31.

Consonant system:

p t̯ t c k ʔ

m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
r

Stops: p t̯ t c k ʔ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: I

Central Vowels: ɐ

Back Vowels: ʋ

Long Vowels: ī ā ō

Syllable: (C)(C)CV(C)(C)

Stress: non-phonemic (on final v̄, otherwise initial)

Syntax: SOV

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 4475

Language: Umbindhamu

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Lamalamic

Consonant system:

Number: 4476

Language: Umbuygamu

Location: Australia (Cape York Peninsula)

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Lamalamic

Grammar: Sommer, Bruce A. 1976. "Umbuygamu: The Classification of a Cape York Peninsula Language," in PL A47, 13-31.

Consonant system:

p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ ʔ

ɸ θ x
m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l̯ l
r ɹ

Stops: p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ ʔ

Fricatives: ɸ θ x

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l̯ l

Vibrants: r ɹ

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u

Syntax: SOV

Ergative: erg

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 4477

Language: Mbariman-Gudhinma

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Lamalamic

Consonant system:

Number: 4478

Language: Lama-Lama

Location: NE Australia (N Queensland)

Population: nearly extinct

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Lamalamic

Other Sources: AL 8:2

Consonant system:

p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ

β ð z ɣ
m n̯ n ñ ŋ
l
r ɹ̣̣

Stops: p b t̯ d̯ t d c ɟ k ɡ

Fricatives: β ð z ɣ

Nasals: m n̯ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r ɹ̣̣

Glides: j w

Front Vowels: i

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u

Long Vowels: v̄

Number: 4479

Language: Gugu Warra

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Lamalamic

Consonant system:

Number: 4480

Language: Koko Pera

Location: Australia

Classification: Australian: Pama-Nyungan: Paman: Coastal

Consonant system: