Phoneme Inventory of Kayardild
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Consonants
Like most Australian languages, Kayardild lacks fricatives altogether and has no voicing distinction. The language accompanies each of its six distinctive stops with a homorganic nasal. Kayardild also incorporates both a laminal and an apical distinction, but lacks the dorsal distinction that is additionally found in some Australian languages.
| Kayardild Consonant Chart | ||||||||
| Bilabial |
Apico- alveolar |
Apico- post- alveolar (retroflex) |
Lamino- dental |
Lamino- palatal |
Dorso- velar |
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| Stop | p (b) | t (d) | ʈ (rd) | t̪ (th) | c (j) | k (k) | ||
| Nasal | m (m) | n (n) | ɳ (rn) | n̪ (nh) | ɲ (ny) | ŋ (ng) | ||
| Lateral | l (l) | |||||||
| Rhotic | r (rr) | ɹ (r) | ||||||
| Semi-vowel | w (w) | j (y) | ||||||
Vowels
Kayardild has a basic vowel system, making use of only three places of articulation. Vocalic length is distinctive in Kayardild, so the language has six phonemic vowels.
| Kayardild Vowel Chart | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High |
i (i) iː (ii) |
u (u) uː (uu) |
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| Low |
a (a) aː (aa) |
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The content of this page was developed from the research of Dr. Nicholas Evans, Dr. Baden Hughes, Ms. Cathy Bow and Dr. Steven Bird.
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