| Yinwum | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula,Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Yinwum, ?Nyuwathayi |
| Extinct | by 1960s[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yxm |
| Glottolog | yinw1236 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y29 |
Yinwum is anextinctPaman language formerly spoken on theCape York Peninsula ofQueensland,Australia, by theYinwum people. It is unknown when it became extinct,[3] but it was no longer spoken by the 1960s. Historically, it underwent some unusual phonological changes that are difficult to classify and understand in phonetic terms.
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | |
| Prenasalised stop | ⁿp | ⁿk | ⁿc | ⁿt̪ | ⁿt ⁿtʳ | |
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t tʳ | |
| Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | |||
| Vibrant | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ | ||
/ⁿtʳ/ and/tʳ/ arepost-trilled consonants (trilled affricates).
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | |
| Low | a | |
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