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Garadjari language

Garadjari
Karajarri
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityKarajarri
Native speakers
41 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Najanaja (Murrkut/Murgud)
  • Nawurtu (Naurdu)
  • Nangu
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3gbd
Glottologkara1476
AIATSIS[2]A64
ELPKarajarri

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

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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[3][4])
  • Karatjarri (used by Australian Languages)
  • Karatyarri
  • Karrajarra
  • Karrajarri

Kurajarra / Guradjara is sometimes confused with Garadjari, but it appears to have been a separate language.[2]

Phoneme inventory

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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 ɟ
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

References

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  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521473780.
  • Johnson, Edward (1992). Karajarri sketch grammar. University of Sydney.
  • Sands, Anna Kristina (1989). A Grammar of Garadjari, Western Australia.[permanent dead link]
  • Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics.

Notes

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  1. ^ ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b A64 Garadjari at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ "Native title determination summary - Karajarri People (Area A) - Search determinations - National Native Title Tribunal". Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Native title determination summary - Karajarri People (Area B) - Search determinations - National Native Title Tribunal". Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.


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