Pirriya | |
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Birria | |
Native to | Australia |
Ethnicity | Bidia |
Extinct | 1969 |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xpa |
Glottolog | pirr1240 |
AIATSIS[1] | L36 |
ELP | Pirriya |
Pirriya (also Birria, Bidia, Kunggari, Kulumali, and Kungadutji) is an extinct and unclassified Australian Aboriginal language.[1] It was spoken by the Bidia people (also known as Biria) of the western and central western Queensland, including Barcoo Shire, Whitula Creek, Cooper Creek, and Jundah.[2][3]
It is not to be confused with the Biri language and its dialects, also a Queensland language, spoken by the Biria people.
Geographically it lay between the Karnic and Maric languages, but had no obvious connection to either; the data is too poor to draw any conclusions on classification.[4] Dixon (2002)[5]: xxxiii classes Pirriya with Kungkari as a subgroup of the Maric languages while Breen (1990) suggests it may be a Karnic language.[6]: 64
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t/d | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
Rhotic | r | |||||
Lateral | (l̪) | ʎ | l | ɭ | ||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
The dental /l̪/ only rarely occurs.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | u (uː) | |
Low | a aː |
The long /uː/ is considered rare.[7]
Some words from the Birria language, as spelt and written by Birria authors include:[3]