| Mirning | |
|---|---|
| Ngandatha | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Mirning, ?Murunitja |
Native speakers | 4 (2005)1 |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gmr |
| Glottolog | mirn1245 |
| AIATSIS1 | A9 |
| ELP | Mirniny |
 Languages of South Australia.2 | |
Mirning (Mirniny) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia.
Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya.1
Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | c~t̪ | t | ʈ | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ | |
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
/c/ may also occur as a dental stop [t̪] among speakers.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Low | a aː | ||
/a/ may also range to a back vowel [ɑ].
References
References
- A9 Mirning at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Tribal boundaries, after Tindale (1974), adapted from Hercus (1999).