Lardil
Lardil is a Tangkic language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Lardil, also spelled Leerdil or Leertil, is a moribund language spoken by the Lardil people on Mornington Island (Kunhanha), in the Wellesley Islands of Queensland in northern Australia. Lardil is unusual among Aboriginal Australian languages in that it features a ceremonial register, called Damin (also Demiin). Damin is regarded by Lardil-speakers as a separate language and has the only phonological system outside Africa to use click consonants.
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Words in Lardil
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | daNka* | |
| name | 5unda* | |
| eye | kuwu* | |
| ear | meral* | |
| nose | 5ulda* | |
| tooth | kadmureman* | |
| tongue | jalreman* | |
| hand | mar* | |
| blood | kanda* | |
| bone | kadmu* | |
| skin | Nini* | |
| knee | buNkal* | |
| breast | kuyikuyi* | |
| liver | kedmid* | |
| water | nguka | |
| fire | 5ud* | |
| sun | warku* | |
| star | kuwutuNal* | |
| stone | barNa* | |
| mountain | bulba* | |
| tree | tuNal* | |
| leaf | jindi* | |
| night | nata* | |
| dog | Ngawu* | |
| fish | yak* | |
| louse | mid* | |
| one | wangi* | |
| two | kiyarN* | |
| I | Nada* | |
| you | 5iNki* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KayardildTangkic30% alike
- GanggalidaTangkic28% alike
- AlawaMangarrayi-Maran12% alike
- Kulungtfu-Yuanggeng-ToboNuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
- DeduaNuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
- JawoynGunwinyguan10% alike
Grammar
- DjambarrpuynguPama-Nyungan84% alike
- KayardildTangkic82% alike
- WarrgamayPama-Nyungan81% alike
- DyangadiPama-Nyungan80% alike
- GanggalidaTangkic79% alike
- WambayanMirndi79% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · lard1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · lbz