Maningrida languages

Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. It includes four languages, none closely related:

Maningrida
Burarran
Geographic
distribution
Northern Territory
Linguistic classificationMacro-Gunwinyguan?
  • Maningrida
Subdivisions
Glottologmani1293  (Maningrida)
Maningrida languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

Green established the family by reconstructing the tense–aspect–mood inflections of Proto-Maningrida, and demonstrated common developments that set them apart from other Arnhem languages.[1][2]

Vocabulary

Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Maningrida languages.[3] Gunavidji and Bunarra are from Capell (1940).[4]

glossGungorogoneGudjälaviaGunaidbeBureraNagaraGunavidjiBunarra
man wariangigälijeangigälijeangigälijewunigalaiajiːdjabiːn, ŋanbe
woman gamigamugamugamunawaɽaŋaɽaːmdjulumu
head ŋɔrɔŋɔrɔbamabamabamamagarjuwuŋgawaːlu
eye mebelemiːbelemiːbelemiːbeleguɽbaradiːlimil
nose goigujeŋoiraŋoiralombaramaŋudjirdji
mouth ŋaɽaŋaneŋaneŋanaŋaɽadjäbaralira
tongue ŋaɽaŋaɭŋaɭŋaɭaŋadabirbirdjäŋɔldjälaṉ
stomach gɔdjaŋaŋaburbaŋaburbagɔidjilagunardjälemamunda
bone gadjäldiŋumamaŋumamamunmamanamoːmaidagidji
blood gɔːlidjamaɳiŋanmaɳiŋanmaɳiŋan, mangarabanagumbalaganbiliːbalagindjil
kangaroo ganajalagandejalagandejalagonobolobälmänindjagudjbarawawiri
opossum waraːgunwaːragunwaːragunwaːragungurbarabulgagamaladadjaŋana
emu buɽarwurbaɳ
crow ŋaːridjewagwagwagwagma'rälgarawagwagŋainjauŋanjguɽaŋan
fly mɔːjijumuɖbijumuɖbimɔːjanamɔːnjmanjimiːndjaŋurin
sun djinmurgamaɳŋamaɳŋamaɳŋanabɛnwarwaradjiːla
moon ŋɔlgɔwarŋandjireɖaŋandjireɖaɽanguwunuŋurabildbilagadigilgarajälŋan
fire gunŋudjabɔːlbɔːlbɔːlnadjɔːgajuwijawaɭu
smoke ginɛlɛdjolŋodjolŋodjolŋonawuːragɔlɔŋandjaraŋandjur
water gunmɛnaŋdjidjurogbugulobugulogogagaːbaŋaba

Notes

    Citations

    1. Green 2003, pp. 369–424.
    2. Koch 2004, p. 44.
    3. Capell, Arthur. 1941-1942, 1942-1943. Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia. Oceania 12: 364-392, 13: 24-51.
    4. Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x

    Sources

    • Green, Rebecca (2003). "Proto-Maningrida within Proto-Arnhem: evidence from verbal inflectional suffixes" (PDF). In Evans, Nioholas (ed.). The non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia: comparative studies of the continent's most linguistically complex region. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. pp. 369–424. ISBN 0 85883 5 3 8 X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Koch, Harold (2004). "A Merthodological History of Australian Linguistic Classification". In Bowern, Claire; Koch, Harold (eds.). Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 17-. ISBN 978-9-027-24761-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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