Mbariman-Gudhinma language explained

Mbariman-Gudhinma
Also Known As:Gugu Warra
Nativename:Wurangung
States:Australia
Region:Queensland
Ethnicity:Lamalama, Kokowara = Laia, Yadaneru (Wurangung)
Extinct:likely by 2003
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Lc1:zmv
Ld1:Mbariman-Gudhinma
Lc2:wrw
Ld2:Gugu Warra
Aiatsis:Y195
Aiatsisname:Rimanggudinhma
Aiatsis2:Y80
Aiatsisname2:Gugu Warra
Aiatsis3:Y66
Aiatsisname3:Wurangung
Glotto:mbar1253
Glottoname:Rimanggudhinma
Glotto2:gugu1256
Glottoname2:Roth's Gugu Warra

Mbariman-Gudhinma (Rimanggudinhma, Rimang-Gudinhma, Parimankutinma), one of several languages labelled Gugu Warra (Kuku-Warra,[1] Kuku-Wara) 'unintelligible speech' as opposed to Gugu Mini 'intelligible speech',[2] is an extinct dialect cluster of Aboriginal Australian languages of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia. Another one in the group is Wurangung, also known as Yadaneru or Jeteneru.[3]

The dialects were spoken by the Lamalama people.

Austlang says, quoting linguist Jean-Cristophe Verstraete (2018), that Lamalama, Rimanggudinhma (Mbariman-Gudhinma) and Morrobolam form a genetic subgroup of Paman known as Lamalamic, "defined by shared innovations in phonology and morphology". Within this subgroup, "Morrobolam and Lamalama form a phonologically innovative branch, while Rumanggudinhma forms a more conservative branch".[4]

Phonology

Consonants

LabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelar
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
prenasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Rhoticvoicedpronounced as /link/
voicelesspronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/
[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Y80: Kuku-Warra . Australian Indigenous Languages Database . . 25 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Y195: Rimanggudinhma . Australian Indigenous Languages Database . . 25 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Y66: Wurangung . Australian Indigenous Languages Database . . 25 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Y55: Morrobolam . Australian Indigenous Languages Database . . 25 November 2020.
  5. Book: Verstraete, Jean-Christophe . The Genetic Status of Lamalamic: Phonological and Morphological Evidence . University of Hawai'i Press . 2018 . Oceanic Linguistics 57, no. 1 . 1-30.