Adnyamathanha language

Adnyamathanha language
Adnyamathana
Spoken in South Australia
Native speakers 20  (1990)
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 adt
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Adnyamathanha (many other names; see below) is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional language of the Adnyamathanha people.

The name of the witchetty grub comes from Adnyamathanha.

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Names

This language has been known by many names and variants of names, including:

  • Adnyamathanha, Adynyamathanha, Adjnjamathanha, Atʸnʸamat̪an̪a, Adnjamathanha, Adnyamathana, Anyamathana, Ad'n'amadana, Anjimatana, Anjiwatana, Unyamootha
  • Wailpi, Wailbi, Waljbi, Wipie, the name of a dialect
  • Archualda
  • Benbakanjamata
  • Binbarnja
  • Gadjnjamada, Kanjimata, Keydnjmarda
  • Jandali
  • Mardala
  • Nimalda
  • Nuralda
  • Umbertana

Classification

R. M. W. Dixon classifies Adnyamathanha and Guyani as a single language, Adjnjamathanha/Guyani. Ethnologue treats them as separate, and so they each have their own ISO 639-3 codes.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i iː u uː
Low a aː

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex Glottal
Stop Voiceless p k c t̪ t ʈ (ʔ)
Voiced (ɖ)
Fricative Voiced (v)
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n̪ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l̪ l ɭ
Flap ɾ ɽ
Trill r
Approximant w j ɻ

[v] may be an allophone of /p/.

History

While the closely related Guyani retains word-initial stops, Adnyamathanha has undergone systematic lenition of stops in this position. Former *p has become [v], former *t̪ and probably also *c have become /j/, and former *k has disappeared entirely.

Grammar

Adnyamathanha has a complex system of personal pronouns. There are 10 different ways of saying ‘you and me’ (first person dual), depending on the relationship between the speaker and the person addressed.

References

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