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Mbiywom
Mbeiwum
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity Mbewum
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolog mbiy1238
AIATSIS [1] Y41
ELP Mbiywom

Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of Cape York and Cook Shire in Far North Queensland. [1] [2]

Alternative names

  • Bywoom
  • Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan
  • Kokimoh / Kokinno
  • M Berwum
  • Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum
  • Uradhi [1]

Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voiceless p k c t
voiced b ɡ ɟ d
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Rhotic r
Approximant w j l ɻ

Vowels

Front Back
High i y u
Mid e o
Low a

[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Y41 Mbiywom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Mbeiwum published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ Hale, Kenneth (1976). Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages. pp. 20–22.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mbiywom
Mbeiwum
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity Mbewum
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolog mbiy1238
AIATSIS [1] Y41
ELP Mbiywom

Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of Cape York and Cook Shire in Far North Queensland. [1] [2]

Alternative names

  • Bywoom
  • Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan
  • Kokimoh / Kokinno
  • M Berwum
  • Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum
  • Uradhi [1]

Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voiceless p k c t
voiced b ɡ ɟ d
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Rhotic r
Approximant w j l ɻ

Vowels

Front Back
High i y u
Mid e o
Low a

[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Y41 Mbiywom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Mbeiwum published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ Hale, Kenneth (1976). Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages. pp. 20–22.

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