Mirning language

Mirning (Mirniny) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia.

Mirning
Ngandatha
Native toAustralia
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityMirning, ?Murunitja
Native speakers
4 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gmr
Glottologmirn1245
AIATSIS[1]A9
ELPMirniny
Languages of South Australia.[2]

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya.[1]

Phonology

Consonants
Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k (t̪) c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Rhotic ɾ
Lateral ʎ l ɭ
Approximant w j ɻ

/c/ may also occur as a dental stop [t̪] among speakers.

Vowels
Front Central Back
High i iː u uː
Low a aː

/a/ may also range to a back vowel [ɑ].

See also

References
  1. A9 Mirning at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Tribal boundaries, after Tindale (1974), adapted from Hercus (1999).

Mirniny Sketch Grammar - Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre

Mirniny Phonology


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