Ngalakan language

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Ngalakan Ngalakgan
Spoken in:	Australia
Region:	Northern Territory
Total speakers:	10 Wurm and Hattori (1981) as cited in the Ethnologue [1].
Language family:	Australian  Gunwinyguan   Ngalakan
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	aus
ISO 639-3:	nig
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Ngalakan or Ngalakgan is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Northern Non-Pama-Nyungan languages.

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Consonants 1.2 Vowels 2 References

[edit] Sounds

[edit] Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t	ʈ	c	k	ʔ
Nasal	m	n	ɳ	ɲ	ŋ
Lateral		l	ɭ
Rhotic		r	ɻ
Semivowel				j	w

[edit] Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	a

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=nig Accessed 2007/11/24

• Brett J. Baker. 1999. Word Structure in Ngalakgan. PhD thesis.

• Merlan Francesca. 1983. Ngalakan Grammar, Texts and Vocabulary. PACIFIC LINGUISTICS: Series B - No.89. Canberra.