Iwaidja
Iwaidja is an Iwaidjan Proper language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Iwaidja, in phonemic spelling Iwaja, is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Iwaidja people with about 150 native, and an extra 20 to 30 L2 speakers in northernmost Australia. Historically having come from the base of the Cobourg Peninsula, it is now spoken on Croker Island. It is still being learnt by children within the Northern Territory. Speakers are switching to English or Kuninjku.
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Words in Iwaidja
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | warkbi* | |
| name | kunaT* | |
| eye | yara* | |
| ear | kalaTar* | |
| nose | Tinmul* | |
| tooth | TiXi* | |
| tongue | karalk* | |
| hand | birkalk* | |
| blood | maningul | |
| bone | kiLirk* | |
| skin | kuLXi* | |
| knee | midburyuwu* | |
| breast | amburyak* | |
| liver | NalXij* | |
| water | ubaj | |
| fire | kuTali* | |
| sun | muwan* | |
| star | karamad* | |
| stone | waryad* | |
| mountain | anbirk* | |
| tree | aLir* | |
| leaf | maLar* | |
| night | numiwaN* | |
| dog | naki* | |
| fish | yab* | |
| louse | kurkbuN* | |
| one | warad* | |
| two | Narkark* | |
| I | Nabi* | |
| you | nuyi* |
* 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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