Malak-Malak language

Malak-Malak language
Malak-Malak
Spoken in Northern Territory
Native speakers 9  (1988)
Language family
Daly?
  • Malak-Malak
Writing system Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mpb
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Malak-Malak (also spelt Mullukmulluk, Malagmalag) or Ngolokwangga (Ngolak-Wonga, Ngolok-Wanggar, Nguluwongga) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is nearly extinct, with children growing up speaking Kriol instead.

Contents

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
Close i ʊ
Close-mid e
Open-mid ɛ
Open a

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Stop p k c t
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Lateral ʎ l
Rhotic r ɻ
Semivowel w j

References

  • Birk, D. B. W. (1976). The MalakMalak language, Daly River (Western Arnhem Land). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
  • Ray, Sidney H. (Jan.–Jun. 1909). "The Ngolok-Wanggar Language, Daly River, North Australia". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 39) 39: 137–141. doi:10.2307/2843287. JSTOR 2843287. 



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