Djinang
Djinang is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Djinang is an Australian Aboriginal language, one of the family of Yolŋu languages which are spoken in the north-east Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory.
Dialects of the two moieties are:
Yirritjing – Wurlaki, Djardiwitjibi, Mildjingi, Balmbi, and
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Words in Djinang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yul* | |
| name | yagiri* | |
| eye | mil* | |
| ear | buTiri* | |
| nose | Nuri* | |
| tooth | dirpal* | |
| tongue | TilaN* | |
| hand | gumbiri* | |
| blood | budi* | |
| bone | Nirki* | |
| skin | giliNkal* | |
| knee | bundiri* | |
| water | Turumul* | |
| sun | walir* | |
| star | gata* | |
| stone | bati* | |
| tree | gurTi* | |
| leaf | bumalN* | |
| night | maliri* | |
| dog | buTiy* | |
| fish | guyi* | |
| one | wurpmi* | |
| two | biniNgili* | |
| I | ir* | |
| you | 5uni* | |
| we | lim* | |
| drink | dira* | |
| die | baliTi* | |
| come | balpar* | |
| path | gaTigar* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- DjinbaPama-Nyungan31% alike
- GumatjPama-Nyungan20% alike
- RitharrnguPama-Nyungan20% alike
- GupapuynguPama-Nyungan18% alike
- WiranguPama-Nyungan16% alike
- DharumbalPama-Nyungan13% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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