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Bilinarra language
Bilingara, also known as the Bilinarra, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bilinarra people of the Northern Territory.
It is classified as an eastern variety of one of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumpin languages. It is mutually intelligible with Gurindji and the neighbouring Ngarinyman. Bilinarra is considered a dialect of Ngarinyman, though it shares more vocabulary with Gurindji. There are no structural features that are unique to Bilinarra and linguists would consider all three languages to be dialects of a single language, but speakers of these languages consider them to be different. Elements of their tongue were first recorded by a police constable W. H. Willshire in 1896. By 2013, only one person was alive who spoke it as their primary language though it inflects the variety of Kriol spoken by Bilinarra children. Bilinarra is native to the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory of Australia. The name of the language most likely refers to the surrounding country, as bili means 'rock' or 'hill', followed by an unknown suffix.Massacres by early colonists, poor treatment on the cattle stations, and the blending of languages at these stations contributed to Bilinarra losing prominence, as more dominant languages took over. This led to the endangerment of Bilinarra. According to Ethnologue, Bilinarra is rated an 8a (moribund) level of endangerment.
Bilinarra contains 6 vowels, three distinct vowels with both the regular and long versions present. The vowel phonemes are provided below.
The long version of each vowel is present in the language but occurs rarely.
Bilinarra consists of 23 consonants for a total of 31 phonemes:
The above examples demonstrate the types of syllabic structure in Bilinarra. For CVC syllable structure, all consonants except for can be the last consonant in this structure. CVCC structure is found much less often than CVC. CVCC structure appears in mostly coverbs, though some nominals also take this form. This structure is also found in monosyllabic words or as the last syllable in a disyllabic word. CVCC always contains the pattern /rr/, /l/, or /rl/ (liquid consonants) followed by /g/, /b/, or /ng/.
Stress in Bilinarra is very predictable. Primary stress always falls on the first syllable of the word. Words of two and three syllables only contain one stress. Examples as follows:
For words greater than three syllables, the primary stress occurs on the first syllable and secondary stress on the third:
Bilinarra language
Bilingara, also known as the Bilinarra, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bilinarra people of the Northern Territory.
It is classified as an eastern variety of one of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumpin languages. It is mutually intelligible with Gurindji and the neighbouring Ngarinyman. Bilinarra is considered a dialect of Ngarinyman, though it shares more vocabulary with Gurindji. There are no structural features that are unique to Bilinarra and linguists would consider all three languages to be dialects of a single language, but speakers of these languages consider them to be different. Elements of their tongue were first recorded by a police constable W. H. Willshire in 1896. By 2013, only one person was alive who spoke it as their primary language though it inflects the variety of Kriol spoken by Bilinarra children. Bilinarra is native to the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory of Australia. The name of the language most likely refers to the surrounding country, as bili means 'rock' or 'hill', followed by an unknown suffix.Massacres by early colonists, poor treatment on the cattle stations, and the blending of languages at these stations contributed to Bilinarra losing prominence, as more dominant languages took over. This led to the endangerment of Bilinarra. According to Ethnologue, Bilinarra is rated an 8a (moribund) level of endangerment.
Bilinarra contains 6 vowels, three distinct vowels with both the regular and long versions present. The vowel phonemes are provided below.
The long version of each vowel is present in the language but occurs rarely.
Bilinarra consists of 23 consonants for a total of 31 phonemes:
The above examples demonstrate the types of syllabic structure in Bilinarra. For CVC syllable structure, all consonants except for can be the last consonant in this structure. CVCC structure is found much less often than CVC. CVCC structure appears in mostly coverbs, though some nominals also take this form. This structure is also found in monosyllabic words or as the last syllable in a disyllabic word. CVCC always contains the pattern /rr/, /l/, or /rl/ (liquid consonants) followed by /g/, /b/, or /ng/.
Stress in Bilinarra is very predictable. Primary stress always falls on the first syllable of the word. Words of two and three syllables only contain one stress. Examples as follows:
For words greater than three syllables, the primary stress occurs on the first syllable and secondary stress on the third: