Ngkoth language
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| Ngkoth | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Queensland, Australia | |
| Language extinction: | ? | |
| Language family: | Pama-Nyungan Paman Northern Ngkoth |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | – | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Ngkoth is an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Close-mid | e ø | o |
| Near-open | æ | |
| Open | a | |
[edit] Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
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| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Glottal | |
| Stop | p | k | c | t̪ | t | (ʔ) | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
| Fricative | (β) | ɣ | (ð) | ||||
| Affricate | tʳ | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Rhotic | r | ɻ | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||||
/tʳ/ is a stop with trilled release.
/β ð ʔ/ occur only in loanwords. /ɣ/ occurs word-finally in native words, as the reflex of former word-final *r, but occurs in other positions only in loanwords.
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[edit] References
- Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages", in Sutton, P.: Languages of Cape York. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 7–40.
