| Yalarnnga | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Yalarnnga |
| Extinct | 1980 |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ylr |
| Glottolog | yala1262 |
| AIATSIS[1] | G8 |
| ELP | Yalarnnga |
Yalarnnga (alsoJalarnnga,Jalanga,Yelina,Yellunga,Yellanga,Yalarrnnga,Yalanga orYalluna[2]) is anextinctAustralian Aboriginal language of thePama–Nyunganlanguage family, that may be related to theKalkatungu language.[1][3] It was formerly spoken by theYalarnnga people in areas near theGulf of Carpentaria the towns ofDajarra andCloncurry in far northwesternQueensland.[3][4] The last native speaker died in 1980.[5] It is a suffixingagglutinative language with no attested prefixes.[2]
Yalarnnga is sometimes grouped withKalkatungu as theKalkatungic (Galgadungic) branch of thePama–Nyungan family. O'Grady et al.,[6] however, classify Kalkatungu as the sole member of the "Kalkatungic group" of the Pama-Nyungan family, and Dixon (2002)[7] regards Kalkatungic as anareal group.
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Alveolo- palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | t̠ʲ | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | n̠ʲ | n | ɳ |
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l̪ | l̠ʲ | l | ɭ | ||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Open | a |
| Phoneme/Sound | Allophones | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| /i/ | [ɪ] | in unstressed or lax positions |
| [iˑ] | as a realization of the sequence/ji/ | |
| [i] | elsewhere | |
| /a/ | [ə,ɐ] | in unstressed or lax positions |
| [æ,ɛ] | when within the position of palatal sounds | |
| [ɑ] | when stressed and preceded by peripheral consonants | |
| [ɒ] | when stressed and preceded by/w/ | |
| [ä] | elsewhere | |
| /u/ | [ʉ,y] | when within the position of palatal sounds |
| [ʊ] | in unstressed or lax positions | |
| [o] | occasionally in word-final positions | |
| [u] | elsewhere |
Some words from the Yalarnnga language, as spelt and written by Yalarnnga authors include:[4][8]
This Wikipedia article incorporates text fromYulluna published by theState Library of Queensland underCC BYlicence, accessed on 20 May 2022. This Wikipedia article incorporates text fromYalarnnga published by theState Library of Queensland underCC BYlicence, accessed on 16 May 2022.Authority control databases: National |
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