Ngandi
Ngandi is a Gunwinyguan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Ngandi is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Wilton River, Northern Territory. It is closely related to Nunggubuyu.
In 2017 the last fluent speaker of Ngandi, Cherry Wulumirr Daniels, began teaching the language to younger people at Ngukurr. She died in 2019.
From Wikipedia · Ngandi language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ngandi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yul* | |
| name | NiC* | |
| eye | gugo7* | |
| ear | maganam* | |
| nose | gugiban* | |
| tooth | gugibal* | |
| hand | gumar* | |
| blood | mobongo* | |
| bone | naraka* | |
| skin | gu5a7* | |
| knee | gumo* | |
| breast | gubere* | |
| liver | gudiw* | |
| water | jark | |
| fire | gudaNiC* | |
| sun | mawa5ir* | |
| star | ndapo5k* | |
| stone | gujundu* | |
| tree | gudanda7* | |
| leaf | gumanjar7* | |
| night | gunmuk* | |
| dog | watu* | |
| louse | amiC* | |
| two | yapan7* | |
| I | Naya* | |
| you | nugun* | |
| we | Norkor* | |
| drink | Nu* | |
| see | na* | |
| hear | Na* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NgalakganGunwinyguan30% alike
- RitharrnguPama-Nyungan19% alike
- RembarrngaGunwinyguan19% alike
- Bininj Kun-WokGunwinyguan15% alike
- DjambarrpuynguPama-Nyungan14% alike
- HawkesburyPama-Nyungan13% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · ngan1295 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nid