Limilngan language
Limilngan (Limil) is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. It had three speakers left in 1981, but was gone by 2009.
| Limilngan | |
|---|---|
| Limil | |
| Manadja, Minitji | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Arnhem Land |
| Ethnicity | Buneidja et al. |
| Extinct | 2009 |
Darwin Region
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lmc |
| Glottolog | nucl1327[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] | N42 |
Phonology
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Stop | b/p | ɡ/k | ɟ/c | d/t | ɖ/ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | ||
| Rhotic | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | ||
The Limilngan language uses the three vowel system; /a/, /i/, /u/. The three sounds can result in allophones as /ɑ,æ/, /ɪ/, and /ʊ/.[3]
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Limilngan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- N42 Limilngan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Mark, Harvey (2001). A grammar of Limilngan: A language of the Mary River Region, Northern Territory, Australia (PDF). Pacific Linguistics 516. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi:10.15144/pl-516. hdl:1885/146134. ISBN 978-0-85883-461-3.
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