Language name: |
NGARINJIN |
UPSID number: |
8374 |
Alternate name(s): |
UNGARINJIN |
Classification: |
Australian, Wororan |
This language has |
24 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.383499630 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
t
t.
c
k
m
n
n.
nj
N
r[
r
l
l.
lj
j
w
I
i_
U
E
O
a
r.A
|
Comment: |
Ngarinjin is spoken in the Northern Kimberley Ranges of northern Western Australia. Coate and Elkin's description of sounds is often variable: the palatals are labeled "palato-dental" (except "alveolar" /j/) on the consonant chart but just as palatals when listed individually; /l/ is "alveolar" on the chart but "alveo-velar" in the list. Symbols for plosives suggest voiced segments, but they are defined as voiceless. Vowels apparently may appear long. A high central vowel is added to the five vowels given by Coates and Elkin on the basis of a remark that this vowel is heard in some words and is "differentiated by some linguists in Ngarinjin". |
Source(s): |
Coates, Howard and A.P. Elkin. 1974. Ngarinjin - English Dictionary, vol. I. Oceania Linguistic Monograph, no. 16. |