Nyigina
Nyigina is a Nyulnyulan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.
Warrwa may have been a dialect.
From Wikipedia · Nyigina language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Nyigina
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | NaraNu* | |
| name | nilawal* | |
| eye | milgar* | |
| ear | nilaba* | |
| nose | NuniTina* | |
| tooth | nilir* | |
| tongue | niyaNala5* | |
| hand | maraNga* | |
| blood | gunbulu* | |
| skin | lar* | |
| knee | midi* | |
| breast | Namana* | |
| liver | yugula* | |
| water | wila* | |
| fire | TuNgu* | |
| sun | bara* | |
| stone | wanaNar* | |
| mountain | wanaNar* | |
| tree | balu* | |
| night | bayin* | |
| dog | yila* | |
| fish | Tilmbir* | |
| louse | mandu* | |
| one | wa5Tari* | |
| two | guTara* | |
| I | Nayu* | |
| you | Tuwa* | |
| we | yarTu* | |
| drink | ibi* | |
| see | ba* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- WarrwaNyulnyulan55% alike
- YawuruNyulnyulan43% alike
- NyulnyulNyulnyulan22% alike
- KaradjeriPama-Nyungan18% alike
- MayagudunaPama-Nyungan13% alike
- NyangumartaPama-Nyungan12% alike
Grammar
- WarrwaNyulnyulan87% alike
- Woiwurrung-ThagungwurrungPama-Nyungan86% alike
- ThurawalPama-Nyungan84% alike
- Yuwaalaraay-GamilaraayPama-Nyungan83% alike
- NyulnyulNyulnyulan83% alike
- NyangumartaPama-Nyungan83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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