Nyikina | |
---|---|
Region | Lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Nyigina |
Native speakers | 61 (2016 census) [1] |
Nyulnyulan
| |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nyh |
Glottolog |
nyig1240 |
AIATSIS [2] |
K3 |
ELP | Nyikina |
Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.
Warrwa may have been a dialect.
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.
Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | b | ɡ | ɟ | d | ɖ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | ||
Tap | ɾ | ||||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
High | i | u |
Low | a |
Phoneme | Allophones |
---|---|
/i/ | [ i], [ ɪ] |
/a/ | [ ä], [ ɑ], [ ʌ], [ æ] |
/u/ | [ u], [ ʊ] |
Nyikina | |
---|---|
Region | Lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Nyigina |
Native speakers | 61 (2016 census) [1] |
Nyulnyulan
| |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nyh |
Glottolog |
nyig1240 |
AIATSIS [2] |
K3 |
ELP | Nyikina |
Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.
Warrwa may have been a dialect.
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.
Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | b | ɡ | ɟ | d | ɖ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | ||
Tap | ɾ | ||||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
High | i | u |
Low | a |
Phoneme | Allophones |
---|---|
/i/ | [ i], [ ɪ] |
/a/ | [ ä], [ ɑ], [ ʌ], [ æ] |
/u/ | [ u], [ ʊ] |