Wadjiginy language
| Wadjiginy | |
|---|---|
| Wogait | |
| Patjtjamalh | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Daly River |
| Ethnicity | Wadjiginy |
Native speakers | 5 (2005)[1] |
Wagaydyic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wdj |
| Glottolog | wadj1254 |
| AIATSIS[1] | N31 |
| ELP | Batjamalh |
| Linguasphere | 28-fbb-a |
Wadjiginy, also known as Wagaydy (Wogait) and Batjamalh, is an Australian Aboriginal language. Apart from being closely related to Kandjerramalh, it is not known to be related to any other language, though it has borrowed grammatical and lexical material from neighboring Northern Daly languages.[1]
Wadjiginy was spoken in the Northern Territory.
Wadjiginy (Wadyiginy, Wagaydy, Wogaity) is the name of the people; this native language is Patjtjamalh (Batjamalh, Batytyamalh).[1]
Phonology[edit]
Consonants[edit]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Stop | p~b | k~ɡ | c~ɟ | t~d | ʈ~ɖ | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ | |
| Lateral | l̪ | l | ɭ | |||
| Rhotic | r | ɻ | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
- Voiceless stop sounds may also fluctuate to voiced sounds when in word-initial, intervocalic, post-nasal, and post-liquid positions.
- /k, p/ can also be heard as fricatives [ɣ], [β] when in intervocalic and post-liquid positions.
- /w/ can be heard as a bilabial approximant [β̞] when before front vowels /i, ɛ, ø/.
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ø~y | ʊ |
| Mid | ɛ | ||
| Low | a | ||
| Phoneme | Allophones |
|---|---|
| /i/ | [i], [ɨ̞], [ɪ] |
| /ʊ/ | [ʊ], [o] |
| /ɛ/ | [ɛ], [ɜ] |
| /ø/ | [ø], [y] |
| /a/ | [a], [ä], [ɑ] |
Vocabulary[edit]
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[3]
gloss Woːgaidj man ŋanan woman ŋoalaŋ head bödja eye miba nose widja mouth ŋaːg tongue ŋaːɖal stomach bɛnman bone big blood gavin kangaroo mudj opossum dadjädaid crow wagwag fly mul sun qeig moon qaɽa fire vin smoke wingar water wiːg damn šgààÿp
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d N31 Wadjiginy at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Ford, Lysbeth J. (1990). The phonology and morphology of Bachamal (Wogait). Canberra: Australian National University.
- ^ Capell, Arthur (1940). "The Classification of Languages in North and North-west Australia". Oceania. 10 (3): 241–272. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x. ISSN 1834-4461.
External links[edit]
- Batjamalh at the Dalylanguages.org website.
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