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Manangkari language

Manangkari language

Extinct Iwaidjan language of Australia

Manangkari (Maung language), also known as Naragani, is an extinct Australian aboriginal language once spoken in the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. Manangkari belongs to the Iwaidjan family of languages, and may be a dialect of Maung.[2][3]

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Phonology

Consonant inventory

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Like most Iwaidjan languages, but unlike Marrgu, Manangkari does not have a laminal dental series.

Vowels

Evans (1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Manangkari have a three vowel ( /a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.

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References

  1. [1]
    N183 Manangkari at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. [2]
    Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xlii.
  3. [3]
    Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  4. [4]
    Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149.
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