Jaminjung-Ngaliwurru
Jaminjung-Ngaliwurru is a Mirndi language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Jaminjung is a moribund Australian language spoken around the Victoria River in the Northern Territory of Australia. There seems to be a steady increase in the number of speakers of the language with very few people speaking the language in 1967, about 30 speakers in 1991, and between 50 and 150 speakers in 2000.
In 1971, Frances Kofod and others published a grammar of the Ngaliwuru language, while in 2011 a book of Jaminjung & Ngaliwuru names and uses of plants & animals was published.
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Words in Jaminjung-Ngaliwurru
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | marlayi | |
| person | mayi* | |
| name | TiniT* | |
| eye | Tuwud* | |
| ear | laNa* | |
| nose | Tuwiya* | |
| tooth | gayiL* | |
| tongue | Nadala5* | |
| hand | wadan* | |
| blood | garNan* | |
| bone | bunu* | |
| skin | mayadan* | |
| knee | dingari* | |
| breast | Nabulu* | |
| liver | Tiyap* | |
| water | gugu | |
| fire | guyug* | |
| sun | wuLNan* | |
| star | miliyan* | |
| stone | wagura* | |
| mountain | wagura* | |
| tree | laNin* | |
| leaf | Tali* | |
| night | NiTbud* | |
| dog | wirib* | |
| fish | yag* | |
| louse | nambul* | |
| one | TuNulug* | |
| two | Tirama* | |
| I | Nayu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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