Nyamal language

Nyamal is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nyamal people in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Nyamal
Region	Pilbara, Western Australia
Native speakers	20 (2005) to 34 Nyamal (2006 census)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngayarta Nyamal
Dialects	Nyamal Widugari[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nly
Glottolog	nyam1271
AIATSIS[1]	A58 Nyamal, A60 Witukari
ELP	Nyamal

Phonology

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	t̪	ɟ	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n	ɳ
Rhotic					ɾ ~ r
Lateral			l̪	ʎ	l	ɭ
Approximant	w			j		ɻ

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Low		a aː

Vowels /a, i, u/ can also be heard as [ə, ɪ, ʊ].

References

1. A58 Nyamal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
2. Witukari may be a generic name. Although the variety that data is available for shows it to be Nyamal, it may also refer to varieties of Nijadali.

External links

Nyamal language