Ilgar, also known as Garig-Ilgar after its two dialects, is an extinct Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Phonology
Consonant inventory
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | c | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
Approximant | w | ɣ | j | ɻ | |
Trill | r | ||||
Flap | ɽ | ||||
Lateral | (ʎ) | l | ɭ | ||
Lateral flap | ɺ ⟨ld⟩ | 𝼈 ⟨rld⟩ |
Unlike many Australian languages, Ilgar does not have lamino-alveolars.
Vowels
Evans (1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Ilgar have a three vowel (/a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.
References
Further reading
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