Ngardi
Ngardi is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Ngardi, also spelt Ngarti or Ngardilj, is an Australian Aboriginal language that is considered moribund. It was previously thought to be an alternative name for the Bunara language, but these are now classified as separate languages. It was/is spoken by the Ngardi people of the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia.
From Wikipedia · Ngardi language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ngardi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nanty5* | |
| name | Tiri* | |
| eye | milpa* | |
| ear | laNa* | |
| nose | mulyu* | |
| tooth | katiri* | |
| tongue | Nalyanu* | |
| hand | marumpu* | |
| blood | Tukan* | |
| bone | kiTi* | |
| skin | TarTa* | |
| knee | yukuyuku* | |
| breast | Napulu* | |
| liver | miliki* | |
| water | Napa* | |
| fire | walu* | |
| sun | puraNu* | |
| star | wil* | |
| stone | pamar* | |
| tree | punu* | |
| leaf | kulyawur* | |
| night | muNa* | |
| dog | ku5ara* | |
| fish | yaku* | |
| louse | Tumpu* | |
| one | yaNi* | |
| two | kuri5* | |
| I | NaTu* | |
| you | 5untu* | |
| we | Nalipa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ngar1288 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · rxd