Limilngan
Limilngan was a Limilngan-Wulna language once spoken in Australia.
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Limilngan, also known as Limil and Manidja (also spelt Manitja), is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language of the Top End of Australia.
From Wikipedia · Limilngan language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Limilngan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | uginy | |
| person | muLgiTi* | |
| name | uwulk* | |
| eye | mumaralk* | |
| ear | aLuL* | |
| nose | inan* | |
| tooth | irar* | |
| tongue | iTalk* | |
| hand | iyir* | |
| blood | makbaNi* | |
| bone | ambiriwiLuL* | |
| skin | imilnagalngay* | |
| knee | wuNal* | |
| breast | uyuN* | |
| liver | umanuN* | |
| water | ngugun | |
| fire | uwagi* | |
| sun | imiri* | |
| star | magariTbamiL* | |
| stone | daLiLi* | |
| tree | baNi* | |
| leaf | luwuTgi* | |
| night | li5aNiT* | |
| dog | Niliyi* | |
| fish | iwan* | |
| louse | limbi* | |
| one | ayun* | |
| I | Naykgi* | |
| you | Ni5i* | |
| we | Nuyi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- WiradhuriPama-Nyungan11% alike
- Wilson River (Grey Range)Pama-Nyungan10% alike
- YaygirPama-Nyungan10% alike
- TyaraityNorthern Daly10% alike
- IdatéAustronesian10% alike
- Papantla TotonacTotonacan10% alike
Grammar
- Aghu TharnggaluPama-Nyungan79% alike
- AreAustronesian79% alike
- LaragiaIsolates78% alike
- JitaAtlantic-Congo78% alike
- Salka-TsishinginiAtlantic-Congo77% alike
- MiwaWorrorran77% 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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