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The Nyawaygi language, also spelt Nyawaygi, Nywaigi, or Nawagi, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken by the Nyawaygi people in North Queensland, on the east coast of Australia. The Nyawaygi language region includes the landscape within the Hinchinbrook Regional Council, Halifax Bay, and Rollingstone.[3]
| Nyawaygi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Nyawaygi |
| Extinct | 2009, with the death of Willie Seaton[1] |
Language family | Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nyt |
| Glottolog | nyaw1247 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y129 |
| ELP | Nyawaygi |
Nyawaygi had the smallest number of consonants, 12, of any Australian language. It had 7 conjugations,[clarification needed] 3 open and 4 closed, the latter including monosyllabic roots, and, in this regard, conserved a feature of proto-Pama–Nyungan lost from contiguous languages.[4]
Vocabulary
Some words from the Nyawaygi language, as spelt and written by Nyawaygi authors include:[3]
- Alu: head
- Angal: boomerang
- Balgan: stone
- Buramu: butterfly
- Gabagan: aunt
- Touca tula: good day
- Wadi: laugh
- Yunggul: one
Notes
- Dixon, R. M. W. (10 December 2010). I Am a Linguist: With a Foreword by Peter Matthews. ISBN 978-9004192355.
- Y129 Nyawaygi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Nyawaygi published by the State Library of Queensland under CC-BY licence, accessed on 30 May 2022.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (1983). "Nyawagyi". In Dixon, Robert M. W.; Blake, Barry J. (eds.). Handbook of Australian Languages. Vol. 3. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 431–523. ISBN 978-9-027-27353-6.
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На других языках
- [en] Nyawaygi language
[es] Idioma nyawaygi
El idioma nyawaygi, también llamado Nyawaygi, Nywaigi, o Nawagi, es una lengua muerta de las lenguas aborígenes australianas hablada por el pueblo nyawaygi en el Norte de Queensland, en la costa este de Australia. La región lingüística de Nyawaygi incluye el paisaje dentro del Consejo Regional de Hinchinbrook, Halifax Bay y Rollingstone.[1]Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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