Ngadjunmaya
Ngadjunmaya was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.
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Ngadjunmaya, correctly known as Ngadjumaya, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia that is located in the Goldfields-Esperance region.
Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjumaya or of Mirning.
From Wikipedia · Ngadjunmaya language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ngadjunmaya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | kuli* | |
| eye | mil* | |
| ear | pinda* | |
| nose | mula* | |
| tongue | tyalan* | |
| hand | mara* | |
| blood | yuniN* | |
| bone | targa* | |
| skin | piNgili* | |
| knee | mudi* | |
| breast | pibi* | |
| liver | Naldi* | |
| water | kabi* | |
| fire | kala* | |
| sun | yagurdu* | |
| star | pirndil* | |
| stone | puri* | |
| tree | Narda* | |
| night | tyuNin* | |
| dog | tyudyu* | |
| louse | kidu* | |
| one | kayanu* | |
| two | kudara* | |
| you | Nundu* | |
| we | NadyuNri* | |
| drink | nudan* | |
| see | naNu* | |
| hear | koana* | |
| die | mambukadi* | |
| come | yulu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Pintupi-LuritjaPama-Nyungan26% alike
- YankunytjatjaraPama-Nyungan26% alike
- KokataPama-Nyungan24% alike
- NyungaPama-Nyungan23% alike
- NgaanyatjarraPama-Nyungan22% alike
- BadimayaPama-Nyungan21% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · ngad1258 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nju