| Giimbiyu | |
|---|---|
| Mangerr | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Extinct | 1980s–1990s[1] |
Arnhem Land?
| |
| Dialects |
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| Latin (Australian Aboriginal) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:zme – Mangerrurc – Urninganggerr – Erre |
| Glottolog | giim1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | N220 |
| ELP | Urningangga |
 Giimbiyu (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
Giimbiyu is an extinctAboriginal Australianlanguage isolate once spoken by theGiimbiyu people of northern Australia.
The nameGiimbiyu is aGaagudju word for 'of the stoney country'. It was introduced in Harvey (1992) as a cover term for the named dialects,[2]
In 1997Nicholas Evans proposed anArnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011).[3]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| plain | pal. | |||||
| Plosive | p | k | ɟ | t | ʈ | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ | |
| Fricative | ɣ | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | ɭʲ | ||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | ɪ | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ø | |
| Low | a | ||
Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[5]
| gloss | Mangeri | Uningangk |
|---|---|---|
| man | wurilg | wurig |
| woman | ŋeːn | ŋeːn |
| head | wiliŋerm | ulŋerb |
| eye | iːm | iːm |
| nose | jingolm | ingolb |
| mouth | jagir | indjaːd |
| tongue | nindjadj | indjaːd |
| stomach | abeɽweɽe | abeɽwe |
| bone | ijerm | mulgud |
| blood | maneŋulm | waija |
| kangaroo | oidjbaɣar | wurulamb |
| opossum | muŋaːd | malijarŋ |
| emu | wiwijüw | iwidjiw |
| crow | gagud | gagud |
| fly | muɳimuɳi | maŋanaŋaɳ |
| sun | muɣaːliŋ | indjuwawi |
| moon | järagäl | järagäl |
| fire | wiɽumgarm | widjälim |
| smoke | wuŋɛŋg | wuŋɛŋg |
| water | ogog | ogog |
