Ngadjunmaya Language

Ngadjunmaya, correctly known as Ngadjumaya, is a Pama–Nyungan languages, Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia that is located in the Goldfields-Esperance region.

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjumaya or of Mirning language, Mirning.

Phonology

Vowels

Three vowels with length are present:

* /i/ can also be heard as before a velar /k/, and as [ ~ ] before palatal sounds /ʎ, j/.
* /a/ can also be heard as when following sounds /w, j/, and as when following /k/.
* /u/ can also be heard as fronted when preceding /j/.

Consonants

* /ɽ/ can be heard as either a tap or a glide .
* /r/ can be heard as either a trill or a tap .
* /k/ can also have a voiced allophone of when in word-medial positions.

References

Mirning languages
Goldfields–Esperance

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