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Anindilyakwa

Anindilyakwa is a Gunwinyguan language spoken in Australia, by about 1,283 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Anindilyakwa (Amamalya Ayakwa) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Anindilyakwa people on Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia. Anindilyakwa is a multiple-classifying prefixing language in which all traditional nouns, adjectives, personal and demonstrative pronouns are prefixed for person, number and gender. According to the 2021 Australian Census, Anindilyakwa was spoken natively by 1,516 people, an increase from 1,283 in 2006.

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Words in Anindilyakwa

MeaningWordRomanization
eyemempe*
earmatt*
toothakarunga*
tonguealalyupa*
handayaruka*
bloodyayari*
kneeeini*
breastyuguduguda*
waterakwingwa
fireangura*
sunaiyuma*
starwarawara*
stoneawanda*
leafuiyia*
doguruwadu*
fishakwaia*
oneauliaba*
twoambilima*
Inaiuwa*
younungua*
drinkbegina*
seeundia*
hearagirigia*
dieachunga*
pathmanadi*
newwararuguma*
fullburuku*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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