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Extinct Australian Aboriginal language ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Mbiywom
Mbeiwum
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityMbewum
Extinct(date missing)
Language familyPama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmbiy1238
AIATSISY41
ELPMbiywom

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
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voiceless p k c t
voiced b ɡ ɟ d
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Rhotic r
Approximant w j l ɻ

Vowels

Front Back
High i y u
Mid e o
Low a

References

  1. ^ Y41 Mbiywom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. This Misplaced Pages article incorporates text from Mbeiwum published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 8 July 2022.
  3. Hale, Kenneth (1976). Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages. pp. 20–22.
Pama–Nyungan languages
Paman languages
North
Northeast
Wik
Lamalamic
Yalanjic
Southwest
Norman
Thaypan
Southern
Other
Eastern Pama–Nyungan
Dyirbalic
Maric
Waka–Kabic
Durubalic
Gumbaynggiric
Wiradhuric
Yuin–Kuric
Gippsland
Yugambeh–Bandjalang
Other
Southern Pama–Nyungan
Yotayotic
KulinicKolakngat
Kulin
Drual
Lower Murray
Thura-Yura
Mirniny
Nyungic
Western Pama–Nyungan
Kartu
Kanyara–Mantharta
Ngayarta
Marrngu
Northern Pama–Nyungan
Ngumpin–Yapa
Warumungu
Warluwaric
Kalkatungic
Mayi
Central Pama–Nyungan
Wati
Arandic
Karnic
Other
Other Pama–Nyungan
Yolŋu
Other
Macro-Pama–Nyungan?
Macro-Gunwinyguan
Maningrida
Mangarrayi-Marran
Gunwinyguan
Other
Tangkic
Garrwan
  • Italics indicate extinct languages.
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