- Source: Giimbiyu language
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,
Mangerr (Mengerrdji)
Urningangga (Wuningak)
Erri (Arri)
In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011).
Phonology
= Consonants
=Coarticulation among consonants is also present.
Among consonant-coarticulation, /ɣ/ when preceding sounds /l, ɾ/ may result in being heard as a voiceless palatal [ç].
= Vowels
=/u/ may also be heard as [o].
Coarticulation among a preceding /ɪ/, may result in the vowel sound becoming more central [ɪ̈] or as a diphthong [ɪə].
Vocabulary
Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items:
References
McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Giimbiyu language
- Giimbiyu
- Giimbiyu people
- Language isolate
- Australian Aboriginal languages
- Languages of Australia
- List of language families
- Arnhem Land languages
- Norfuk language
- Grammatical number
