Garadjari language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Garadjari |
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|---|---|
| Karajarri | |
| Region | Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Karajarri |
| Native speakers | 41 (2016 census) |
| Language family |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
Najanaja (Murrkut/Murgud)
Nawurtu (Naurdu)
Nangu
|
| Writing system | Latin |
| AIATSIS | A64 |
Garadjari (Karajarri, many other spellings; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Karajarri people. The language is a member of the Marrngu subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is spoken along the coast of northwestern Australia.
Name
The name has many spelling variants, including:
- Garadjari (used by A Grammar of Garadjari)
- Garadjiri
- Garadyari
- Garadyaria
- Gard'are
- Karadjeri (used by Ethnologue)
- Karajarri (used by the Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages and is the spelling selected by the Karajarri people for their native title claims)
- Karatjarri (used by Australian Languages)
- Karatyarri
- Karrajarra
- Karrajarri
Kurajarra / Guradjara is sometimes confused with Garadjari, but it appears to have been a separate language.
Phoneme inventory
Garadjari's phoneme inventory is typical of Australian languages, and is identical to the inventories of the other Marrngu languages. There are 17 consonant phonemes.
| Peripheral | Apical | Laminal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | |
| Obstruents | p | k | t | ʈ | c |
| Nasals | m | ŋ | n | ɳ | ɲ |
| Laterals | l | ɭ | ʎ | ||
| Rhotics | ɾ | ɻ | |||
| Approximants | w | j | |||
Also typical of Australian languages, there are only three vowel phonemes.
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | a | |
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