Nyulnyul language
Nyulnyul is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, formerly spoken by the Nyulnyul people of Western Australia.
| Nyulnyul | |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Nyulnyul people |
| Extinct | 1999, with the death of Carmel Charles |
Nyulnyulan
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nyv |
| Glottolog | nyul1247 |
| AIATSIS[1] | K13 |
| ELP | Nyulnyul[2] |
Mary Carmel Charles is documented as the last fluent speaker of the Nyulnyul language of Western Australia.[3]
Classification
Nyulnyul is very closely related to and was possibly mutually intelligible with Bardi, Jawi, Jabirrjabirr and Nimanburru. These are all members of the Western Nyulnyulan subgroup of Nyulnyulan, a non-Pama-Nyungan family of northern Australia. It is possible that Ngumbarl also belongs to this group, although Bowern makes arguments from the Daisy Bates/Billingee records that Ngumbarl is an Eastern Nyulnyulan language.[4] Speakers consider these all to be distinct.
Notes
- K13 Nyulnyul at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Endangered Languages Project data for Nyulnyul.
- Charles, Mary (2000) [1993]. Winin – Why the Emu Cannot Fly. Translated by W. B. McGregor. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. ISBN 1-875641-07-6.
- Bowern, C. 2010. Two Missing Pieces in a Nyulnyulan Jigsaw Puzzle. "Linguistic Society of America Extended Abstracts".
References
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 666–667. ISBN 0-521-47378-0.
- McGregor, W. B. (1994). "Complex Sentence Constructions in Nyulnyul, Western Australia". Functions of Language. 1: 25–66. doi:10.1075/fol.1.1.04mcg.
- McGregor, W. B. (1996). Nyulnyul. Munich and Newcastle: Lincom Europa.
- McGregor, W. B. (1999). "The Medio-active Construction in Nyulnyulan languages". Studies in Language. 23 (3): 531–567. doi:10.1075/sl.23.3.04mcg.
- McGregor, W. B. (1999). "External Possession Constructions in Nyulnyulan languages". In D.L. Payne; I. Barshi (eds.). External Possession. Amsterdam and Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins. pp. 429–448.
- McGregor, W. B. (2000). "Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions in Nyulnyulan languages". In Z. Frajzyngier; T.S. Curl (eds.). Reciprocals: Form and Function. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 85–122.
- McGregor, W. B. (2003). "Language Shift among the Nyulnyul of Dampier Land". Acta Linguistica Hafniensia. 35: 115–159. doi:10.1080/03740463.2003.10416076. S2CID 145001343.
- Nekes, H. (1938). "The Pronoun in Nyol-Nyol (Nyul-Nyul) and Related Dialects". In A.P. Elkin (ed.). Studies in Australian Linguistics. Sydney: University of Sydney. pp. 139–163.
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