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Nakkara
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityNagara people
Native speakers55 (2021 census)
Language familyMacro-Gunwinyguan
Language codes
ISO 639-3nck
Glottolognaka1260
AIATSISN80
ELPNakara

Nakkara (Na-kara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nagara people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

It is also spelled Nakara or Nagara and also called Kokori.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant chart
Bilabial Apical Laminal Dorsal
Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Stop b d ɖ ɟ g
Nasal m n ɳ ɲ ŋ
Lateral l ɭ
Rhotic r/ɾ ɽ
Semivowel w j

Stops have both voiced and voiceless allophones, depending on their position in the word. Furthermore, a stop length variation is present, which is only contrastive in morpheme-medial positions. This can be interpreted as either gemination, or as evidence for the existence of two separate stop series, with a suprasegmental hypothesis being mostly ruled out.

The tapped and trilled allophones of /r/ are in free variation.

Vowels

Vowel chart
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. N80 Nakkara at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Eather, Bronwyn (1990). A grammar of Nakkara (Central Arnhem Land Coast) (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5D723D207FDA3. hdl:1885/132899.
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