Giimbiyu | |
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Mangerr | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Northern Territory |
Extinct | 1980s–1990s[1] |
Arnhem Land?
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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 extinct Aboriginal Australian language isolate once spoken by the Giimbiyu people of northern Australia.
The name Giimbiyu is a Gaagudju word for 'of the stoney country'. It was introduced in Harvey (1992) as a cover term for the named dialects,[2]
In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011).[3]
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
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 | ||
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High | ɪ | u | |
Mid | ɛ | ø | |
Low | a |
Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[5]
gloss | Mangeri | Uningangk |
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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 |
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