Mbiywom | |
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Mbeiwum | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Mbewum |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Language family | Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | mbiy1238 |
AIATSIS | Y41 |
ELP | Mbiywom |
Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of Cape York and Cook Shire in Far North Queensland.
Alternative names
- Bywoom
- Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan
- Kokimoh / Kokinno
- M Berwum
- Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum
- Uradhi
Phonology
Consonants
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
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Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
Plosive | voiceless | p | k | c | t̪ | t | |
voiced | b | ɡ | ɟ | d̪ | d | ||
Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | ||||
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
Rhotic | r | ||||||
Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ |
Vowels
Front | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|
High | i | y | u |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
References
- ^ Y41 Mbiywom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- This Misplaced Pages article incorporates text from Mbeiwum published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 8 July 2022.
- Hale, Kenneth (1976). Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages. pp. 20–22.