Ngadjunmaya correctly known as Ngadjumaya is a
Pama–Nyungan language of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
that is located in the
Goldfields-Esperance region.
Murunitja
The Murunitja are an indigenous Australian tribe of Western Australia located within the Goldfields-Esperance region.
Name
The ethnonym ''Murunitja'' appears to derive for a word ''murun'', meaning a "stout person", referring to the characteris ...
was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjumaya or of
Mirning
The Mirning, also known as the Ngandatha, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lay on the coastal region of the Great Australian Bight extending from Western Australia into south-west South Australia.
Name
''Mirniŋ'' was ...
.
Phonology
Vowels
Three vowels with length are present:
* /i/ can also be heard as before a velar /k/, and as
~ before palatal sounds /ʎ, j/.
* /a/ can also be heard as when following sounds /w, j/, and as when following /k/.
* /u/ can also be heard as fronted when preceding /j/.
Consonants
* /ɽ/ can be heard as either a tap or a glide .
* /r/ can be heard as either a trill or a tap .
* /k/ can also have a voiced allophone of when in word-medial positions.
References
Mirning languages
Goldfields-Esperance
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