| Ngardi | |
|---|---|
| Ngarti | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory andWestern Australia |
| Ethnicity | Ngardi |
Native speakers | 3 (2016 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rxd |
| Glottolog | ngar1288 |
| AIATSIS[1] | A121 |
| ELP | Ngardi |
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Ngardi, also speltNgarti orNgardilj, is anAustralian Aboriginal language that is consideredmoribund. It was previously thought to be an alternative name for theBunara language, but these are now classified as separate languages. It was/is spoken by theNgardi people of theNorthern Territory and northernWestern Australia.
Capell (1962) considered Ngardi,Warlpiri, andWarlmanpa to be dialects of a single language.R. M. W. Dixon (2002) grouped Ngardi together with Warlpiri and Warlmanpa in theYapa group, but admitted that this was based on limited data. McConvell and Laughren (2004) showed that it was inNgumbin, a closely related group, and this was followed in Honeyman (2005). However, Bowern (2011) listed it as a more distantWati language.[2]
Tindale shows Ngardi as an alternative name for Bunara language, butLynette Oates andArthur Capell showed that Bunara was a separate language. The two languages have now been assigned separate code inAIATSIS'sAUSTLANG database.[3][4]
Some old recordings and manuscripts refer toWaringari (orWaiangara) as a language related to Ngardi, but linguists have agreed that it is a geographical name and not the name of a language.[5]Norman Tindale listed Waringari as a pejorative name for the Ngarti people,[6] as well as for theYeidji,[7] theWorla[8] and theWarlpiri, suggesting that they werecannibals.[9]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | a | |
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Stop | p | k | c | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | ||
| Rhotic | r | ɻ | |||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||
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