Language name and location: Alawa, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区拉瓦语, 澳大利亚北部

 

1. njarrinyiyi  

2. yirrwarrini (yirr- dual prefix)

3. yilmurrɡu (yil- plural prefix)

4. yilnɡɡula  (yil- plural prefix)

5. ɡuyanɡu [= finger(s) ]

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Margaret Sharpe, Department of Linguistics,

University of New England, Australia, September 10, 2012.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Margaret Sharpe, 2012 年 9 月 10 日.

 

Other comments: Alawa is spoken by about speakers 18 (1991 M. Sharpe) in Northern Territory, Australia. Notes: Practical orthographies used throughout.

 /r/ is a flap, tended to a trill word finally, /b/ is a lenis voiced bilabial stop

 after /y/ /a/ is more like IPA æ, /ng/ is the velar nasal


 

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