- Ngardi language
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Not to be confused with Ngardilpa (linguistics).
Ngardi Spoken in Northern Territory and Western Australia Native speakers 80–100 with varying degrees of fluency (date missing) Language family Language codes ISO 639-3 – Linguist List 08r This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. Ngardi or Ngardilj is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language.
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Classication
Capell (1962) considered Ngardi, Warlpiri, and Warlmanpa to be dialects of a single language. R. M. W. Dixon (2002) groups Ngardi together with Warlpiri and Warlmanpa in the Yapa group, but admits that this is based on limited data. Honeyman (2005) classified it as Ngumbin.
Phonology
Vowels
Front Back High i u Low a Consonants
Peripheral Laminal Apical Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex Stop p k c t ʈ Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ Lateral ʎ l ɭ Rhotic r ɻ Semivowel w j References
- Capell, A. (1962). Some linguistic types in Australia. Sydney: Oceania Publications.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780.
- Honeyman, Tom (2005). Topic and Focus in Ngardi. thesis. University of Sydney. http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/139.
Categories:- Language articles with undated speaker data
- Languages with Linglist but no iso3 codes
- Ngumbin languages
- Ngarrkic languages
- Indigenous Australian language stubs
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