| Maningrida | |
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| Burarran | |
| Geographic distribution | Northern Territory |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Gunwinyguan?
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| Glottolog | mani1293 (Maningrida) |
 Maningrida languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. It includes four languages, none closely related:
Green established the family by reconstructing the tense–aspect–mood inflections of Proto-Maningrida, and demonstrated common developments that set them apart from other Arnhem languages.
Vocabulary
Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Maningrida languages. Gunavidji and Bunarra are from Capell (1940).
gloss Gungorogone Gudjälavia Gunaidbe Burera Nagara Gunavidji Bunarra man wari angigälije angigälije angigälije wunigalaia jiːdja biːn, ŋanbe woman gami gamu gamu gamu nawaɽa ŋaɽaːm djulumu head ŋɔrɔŋɔrɔ bama bama bama magar juwuŋga waːlu eye mebele miːbele miːbele miːbele guɽbara diːli mil nose goi guje ŋoira ŋoira lombara maŋu djirdji mouth ŋaɽa ŋane ŋane ŋana ŋaɽa djäbara lira tongue ŋaɽa ŋaɭ ŋaɭ ŋaɭa ŋadabirbir djäŋɔl djälaṉ stomach gɔdjaŋa ŋaburba ŋaburba gɔidjila gunar djälema munda bone gadjäldi ŋumama ŋumama munmama namoːma ida gidji blood gɔːlidja maɳiŋan maɳiŋan maɳiŋan, mangaraba nagumbala ganbiliːbala gindjil kangaroo ganajala gandejala gandejala gonobolo bälmänindja gudjbara wawiri opossum waraːgun waːragun waːragun waːragun gurbarabulgaga malada djaŋana emu buɽar wurbaɳ crow ŋaːridje wagwag wagwag ma'rälgara wagwag ŋainjauŋanj guɽaŋan fly mɔːji jumuɖbi jumuɖbi mɔːja namɔːnj manjimiːndja ŋurin sun djinmurga maɳŋa maɳŋa maɳŋa nabɛn warwara djiːla moon ŋɔlgɔwar ŋandjireɖa ŋandjireɖa ɽangu wunuŋurabildbilaga digilgara jälŋan fire gunŋudja bɔːl bɔːl bɔːl nadjɔːga juwija waɭu smoke ginɛlɛ djolŋo djolŋo djolŋo nawuːra gɔlɔŋandjara ŋandjur water gunmɛnaŋ djidjurog bugulo bugulo goga gaːba ŋaba
Notes
Citations
- Green 2003, pp. 369–424.
- Koch 2004, p. 44.
- Capell, Arthur. 1941-1942, 1942-1943. Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia. Oceania 12: 364-392, 13: 24-51.
- Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x
Sources
- Green, Rebecca (2003). "Proto-Maningrida within Proto-Arnhem: evidence from verbal inflectional suffixes" (PDF). In Evans, Nioholas (ed.). The non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia: comparative studies of the continent's most linguistically complex region. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. pp. 369–424. ISBN 0-85883-5-3-8-X.
- Koch, Harold (2004). "A Merthodological History of Australian Linguistic Classification". In Bowern, Claire; Koch, Harold (eds.). Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-9-027-24761-2.
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