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Panyjima is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Hamersley Range, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the traditional language of the Panyjima people. The name has also been spelled Bandjima, Banjima, Banyjima, Paanjima, Pandjima, Panjima, Panjtjima, and Panytyima.

Banyjima
Native toAustralia
RegionPilbara region of Western Australia
EthnicityPanyjima people
Native speakers
140 (2021 census)[1]
Language family
Dialects
  • Pantikura
  • Mitjaranjpa
Language codes
ISO 639-3pnw
Glottologpany1241
AIATSIS[2]A53 Banyjima (cover term)
ELPPanyjima
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Like most indigenous Australian languages, Panyjima is endangered. Younger generations have English as a first language and make little distinction between Panyjima and its closely related neighbouring languages. There is a formal language register known as padupadu.


Classification


Panyjima is classified as a member of the Ngayarta branch of the Pama–Nyungan languages. Under Carl Georg von Brandenstein's 1967 classification, Martuthunira was classed as an Inland Ngayarda language, but the separation of the Ngayarda languages into Coastal and Inland groups is no longer considered valid.


Phonology



Consonants


Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Stop p k c (ť) (th) t ʈ (rt)
Nasal m ŋ (g) ɲ (ň) (nh) n ɳ (rn)
Lateral ʎ (ľ) (lh) l ɭ (rl)
Rhotic r (ŕ) ɻ (r)
Semivowel w j

Vowels


Front Back
High i iː u uː
Low a aː

The long vowels are rare.


Grammar



Accusative alignment


Accusative alignment. A = subject of a transitive verb; S = subject of an intransitive verb; O = object of a transitive verb.
Accusative alignment. A = subject of a transitive verb; S = subject of an intransitive verb; O = object of a transitive verb.

Unlike most Australian languages, which exhibit ergativity, Panyjima and the other Ngayarta languages have an accusative alignment. That is, the subjects of transitive verbs are treated the same as the subjects of intransitive verbs, while the objects are treated differently.


References


  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. A53 Banyjima (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies





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