Language name: |
DIYARI |
UPSID number: |
8367 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Australian, Pama-Nyungan |
This language has |
25 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.401773836 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
tD
t
c
t.
k
d.
m
nD
n
nj
n.
N
lD
l
l.
lj
r
j
r.A
w
i
a
u
rT
|
Comment: |
Austin (1981) analyzes the alveolar trill /r/ as a stop /d/. This phoneme does not occur initially; intervocalically it is a trill; in post-nasal and post-lateral position it is a voiced stop with trilled release [dr]. This stop is considered epenthetic here. |
Source(s): |
Austin, P.A. 1981. A Grammar of Diyari, South Australia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York. |