Yulparija

Yulparija
Yulparitja, Yulbarija, Yulparirra
RegionBidyadanga, north of Jigalong, Western Australia
Native speakers
33 (2021 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologyulp1239
AIATSISA67
ELP

Yulparija is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.

It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.

Phonology

Yulparija has a typical phonemic inventory for languages of the Kimberley area. It uses 17 consonants in five distinct places of articulation.

Consonant phonemes
Bilabial Apico-alveolar Apico-post-alveolar Lamino-palatal Dorso-velar
Stops p ⟨p⟩ t ⟨t⟩ ʈ ⟨rt⟩ c ⟨j⟩ k ⟨k⟩
Nasals m ⟨m⟩ n ⟨n⟩ ɳ ⟨rn⟩ ɲ ⟨ny⟩ ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Laterals l ⟨l⟩ ɭ ⟨rl⟩ ʎ ⟨ly⟩
Taps ɾ ⟨rr⟩
Glides w ⟨w⟩ ɻ ⟨r⟩ j ⟨y⟩

Vowels

Yulparija uses a three vowel system, with a length contrast for the open vowel [a] and the close back vowel [u].

Vowel phonemes
Front Back
Close i [i] u [u], uu [uː]
Open a [a], a [aː]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ↑ A67 Yulparija at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ↑ Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  4. 1 2 Dixon, Sally (2009). Yulparija Dictionary. Wangka Maya Pilbara Languages. ISBN 9781921312793.