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Daly Languages
The Daly languages are an language area, areal group of four to five language families of Indigenous Australian languages. They are spoken within the vicinity of the Daly River (Northern Territory), Daly River in the Northern Territory. Classification In the lexicostatistics, lexicostatistic classification of O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin, the Daly languages were put in four distinct families. Darrell Tryon combined these into a single family, with the exception of Murrinh-patha language, Murrinh-patha. However, such methodologies are less effective with languages with a long history of word borrowing. Linguist Ian Green found that the languages could not be shown to be related by the comparative method, and so should be considered five independent families and language isolates.Green, I. "The Genetic Status of Murrinh-patha" in Evans, N., ed. "The Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia: comparative studies of the continent’s most linguistically complex region". ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daly River (Northern Territory)
The Daly River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is part of the Daly Catchment. The Daly River flows from the confluence of the Flora River and Katherine River to its mouth on the Timor Sea. It is one the few major rivers in the Northern Territory that flows all year round. Sustained by groundwater, its dry-season flows are five time larger than any other river in the territory. It is home to more than 90 species of fish. It is best known for its large barramundi making it a popular waterway for recreational fishing. The floodwater carries baitfish which attracts predatory barramundi. The river is also home to the critically endangered largetooth sawfish. It also has eight different turtle species, includes the endangered pig-nosed turtle, more than any other Australian river. History The traditional owners of the river and surrounding area are the Wadjigiynk, Marranunggu, Maranunngu, Malak Malak, Kamu, Warai, Nanggiwumerri, Wagiman, Wardaman people, Wardam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Language Isolate
A language isolate is a language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with any other languages. Basque in Europe, Ainu and Burushaski in Asia, Sandawe in Africa, Haida and Zuni in North America, Kanoê in South America, and Tiwi in Oceania are all examples of such languages. The exact number of language isolates is yet unknown due to insufficient data on several languages. One explanation for the existence of language isolates is that they might be the last remaining member of a larger language family. Such languages might have had relatives in the past that have since disappeared without being documented, leaving them an orphaned language. One example is the Ket language spoken in central Siberia, which belongs to the wider Yeniseian language family; had it been discovered in recent times independently from its now extinct relatives, such as Yugh and Kott, it would have been classified as an isolate. Another explanation for language isolates is that they aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daly Languages
The Daly languages are an language area, areal group of four to five language families of Indigenous Australian languages. They are spoken within the vicinity of the Daly River (Northern Territory), Daly River in the Northern Territory. Classification In the lexicostatistics, lexicostatistic classification of O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin, the Daly languages were put in four distinct families. Darrell Tryon combined these into a single family, with the exception of Murrinh-patha language, Murrinh-patha. However, such methodologies are less effective with languages with a long history of word borrowing. Linguist Ian Green found that the languages could not be shown to be related by the comparative method, and so should be considered five independent families and language isolates.Green, I. "The Genetic Status of Murrinh-patha" in Evans, N., ed. "The Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia: comparative studies of the continent’s most linguistically complex region". ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Capell
Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages. Early life Capell was born in Newtown, New South Wales in 1902, the only child of Sarah Ann (née Scott) and her husband, Henry Capell. He attended North Sydney Boys' High School. Career Capell graduated from the Sydney Teachers' College in Modern Languages in 1922 and the University of Sydney in the same year as the University medallist in Classics. He taught in high schools for three years at Canterbury Boys' Intermediate High and Tamworth High School. He was then ordained deacon in 1925 and priest in 1926 in the Church of England in Australia. He worked in Newcastle for a decade, as Curate, St Peter's, Hamilton (1926–1928); Priest-in-Charge, All Saints, Belmont (1928–1929); as a teacher at Broughton School for Boys in Newcastle (1929–1932), where he was introduced to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngan'gityemerri Language
Ngan'gi, formerly known as Ngan'gityemerri, and also known as Ngan'gikurunggurr, Moil/Moyle, Tyemeri/Tyemerri, Marityemeri, and Nordaniman, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Daly River (Northern Territory), Daly River region of Australiaʼs Northern Territory. There are three mutually intelligible dialects, with the two sister dialects known as Ngen'giwumirri and Ngan'gimerri. Classification and alternative names and spellings The first major study of Ngan'gi was Darrell Tryon's 1974 work, a broad discussion of Ngan'gi as one of a dozen or so "Daly Family languages". Tryon viewed Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngen'giwumirri as two languages of the "Tyemeri subgroup" of the Daly family. The Daly Family was described as covering the area from the Daly River southwards to the Fitzmaurice River, comprising nine languages and fifteen dialects. Ngen'giwumirri was viewed as a dialect of Ngan'gikurunggurr, with which it shares approximately 84% of cognates, with the two formin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamu Language
The Kamu language, or Gamor, was an indigenous Australian language spoken in Northern Territory, Australia. There were two speakers in 1975. References External links Bibliography of Kamu people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1964, is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is a collecting, ... Kamuat thDalylanguages.org website {{Australian Aboriginal languages Eastern Daly languages 1980s disestablishments in Australia Extinct languages of the Northern Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matngala Language
Matngele or Madngele is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Northern Territory spoken by the Madngella and Yunggor peoples. Classification Tryon (1974) classified Matngele with Kamu, and this is accepted by Dixon (2002) and Bowern (2011), though denied by Harvey (1990). Phonology Vowels Consonants Grammar Matngele has only five simple verbs. These must be combined with coverb A coverb is a word or prefix that resembles a verb or co-operates with a verb. In languages that have the serial verb construction, coverbs are a type of word that shares features of verbs and prepositions. A coverb takes an object or complement ...s in order to form complex verbs. References * * External links Matngeleat thDalylanguages.org website {{Australian Aboriginal languages Eastern Daly languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrithiyel Language
Marrithiyel (Marithiel, also Maridhiel, Maridhiyel), also known as Berringen (Bringen, Brinken), is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Marrithiyal people. Dialects besides Marrithiyel proper are Nganygit, Marri Amu (Marriammu, Mare-Ammu), Maridjabin (Maredyerbin, Maretyabin, Maridyerbin, Maritjabin), Marridan (Meradan), Marramanindjdji (Marramaninydyi, Marimanindji), and Mariyedi. The Marri Amu dialect is part of a language revival project to save critically endangered languages. , Marri Amu is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts The Australian Department of Communications and the Arts was a Government department, department of the Government of Australia charged with responsibility for communications policy and programs and cultural affairs. In December 2019, prime mi .... The project aims to "identify and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marranj Language
Marranj is an Australian Aboriginal language, a dialect continuum consisting of Maranunggu (Merranunggu, Marranj Warrgat), Menhthe, and Emmi. Phonology Consonants * Voiceless stop sounds /p, t, t̠ʲ, k/ may also fluctuate to voiced sounds , d, d̠ʲ, ɡwhen in intervocalic, post-nasal and post-liquid positions. * /t/ can also freely be realized as a fricative in word-initial positions, and when heard as , it can also be heard as when after /n/ and in intervocalic positions. * Sounds /m, n/ can also occur as geminated In phonetics and phonology, gemination (; from Latin 'doubling', itself from '' gemini'' 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. It is distinct from ... ː, nː Vowels References *Tryon, Darrell T. ''An introduction of Maranungku (Northern Australia)''. B-15, x + 121 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marringarr Language
The Maringarr language (Marri Ngarr, Marenggar, Maringa) is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language spoken along the northwest coast of the Northern Territory. Marti Ke (Magati Ke, Matige, Magadige, Mati Ke, also Magati-ge, Magati Gair) lies in the same language category. It is or was spoken by the Mati Ke people. it is included in a language revival project which aims to preserve critically endangered languages. Geographic distribution The language has been spoken in the Northern Territory, Wadeye, along Timor Sea, coast south from Moyle River estuary to Port Keats, southwest of Darwin. Current status According to the Language Database, as of 2005 Mati Ke language had a population of three (Patrick Nudjulu, Johnny Chula, Agatha Perdjert). Mati Ke speakers have primarily switched to use of English and the flourishing Aboriginal language Murrinh-Patha. The ethnic population is about 100, and there are 50 second language users. As the language is almost non-existent to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandjerramalh Language
Kandjerramalh (Kenderramalh), also known as Pungupungu or Kuwema (Kuwama), is an Australian Aboriginal language from the Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ... in Australia. Apart from being closely related to Wadjiginy, it is not known to be related to any other language. The alternative names are ambiguous. "Kuwema" is also a name of the Tyaraity dialect of Malak-Malak, and "Pungupungu" is now used as a name of Malak-Malak proper. References External links Pungu Pungu (Kandjerramalh)at thDalylanguages.org website Wagaydyic languages {{ia-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadjiginy Language
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. Wadjiginy was spoken in the Northern Territory. ''Wadjiginy'' (Wadyiginy, Wagaydy, Wogaity) is the name of the people; this native language is ''Patjtjamalh (Batjamalh, Batytyamalh)''. Phonology Consonants * 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 , when in intervocalic and post-liquid positions. * /w/ can be heard as a bilabial approximant when before front vowels /i, ɛ, ø/. Vowels * /ø/ can also be realized as a higher sound as well as . Vocabulary Capell Capell or Capel is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Capell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
