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Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an
Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
of
Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
, spoken by the Nyigina people.
Warrwa The Warrwa, also spelt Warwa, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Language Warrwa is an eastern Nyulnyulan language, sufficiently closely related to Nyigina to be classified as a dialect of the l ...
may have been a dialect.


Classification

R. M. W. Dixon Robert Malcolm Ward "Bob" Dixon (born 25 January 1939, in Gloucester, England) is a Professor of Linguistics in the College of Arts, Society, and Education and The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Queensland. He is also Deputy Director ...
(2002) regards Nyikina,
Warrwa The Warrwa, also spelt Warwa, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Language Warrwa is an eastern Nyulnyulan language, sufficiently closely related to Nyigina to be classified as a dialect of the l ...
, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language. Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of
non-Pama–Nyungan languages The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
.


Phonology


Consonants

*Sounds /ɟ, ɡ/, when following /l/ or in intervocalic positions, can be heard as
, ɣ The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or straight, but inclined from the vertical; others give it the appearance of a miniature fille ...
*/ɾ/ can also occasionally occur as a trill


Vowels


See also

*
Belinda Dann Belinda Dann (4 July 1900 – 9 October 2007) was an Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian born as Quinlyn Wardagoo to an Irish cattle station manager and a Nyikina mother in the Lunlungai community in Derby, Western Australia. At the ...
*
Loongkoonan Daisy Loongkoonan (c. 1910 – 2018) was an Australian Aboriginal artist and elder from the Nyikina people of the central western Kimberley region in Western Australia. Loongkoonan was born at Mount Anderson near the Fitzroy River. Her pare ...
* Butcher Joe Nangan


References

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External links


The film "Mad Bastards" (2010) depicting Nyikina language and culture
Nyulnyulan languages Kimberley (Western Australia) {{ia-lang-stub