| Southern Daly | |
| Acceptance: | generally accepted |
| Region: | Daly River region, northern Australia |
| Family: | Proposed language family |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Glotto: | sout2772 |
| Glottorefname: | Southern Daly |
| Child1: | Murrinh-patha |
| Child2: | Ngan’gityemerri |
| Map: | Daly languages.png |
| Mapcaption: | The Daly languages (color), among the other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) |
| Map2: | Daly languages (closeup).png |
The Southern Daly languages are a proposed family of two distantly related Australian aboriginal languages. They are:
Southern Daly is a distant and problematic relationship.Murrinh-Patha was once thought to be an isolate, due to lexical data: It has, at most, an 11-percent shared vocabulary with any other language against which it has been compared.[1] However, Murrinh-patha and Ngan’gityemerri correspond closely in their verbal inflections. Green (2003) makes a case that the formal correspondences in core morphological sequences of their finite verbs are too similar (in their complexities and their irregularities) to have come about through anything other than a shared genetic legacy from a common parent language.[2] Nonetheless, lexically they have almost nothing in common, other than cognates in their words for 'thou' (nhinhi and nyinyi) and 'this' (kanhi and kinyi),[3] and it is not clear what could explain this discrepancy.
The following basic vocabulary items are from Tryon (1968).[4]
| no. | gloss | Tyemeri | Ngengomeri | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | head | dæpe | dæpe | |
| 2 | hair | wičæ | wuǰa | |
| 3 | eyes | dæmoy | damoy | |
| 4 | nose | dæši | dæče | |
| 5 | ear | dæčære | dæčære | |
| 6 | tooth | dædir | dædir | |
| 7 | tongue | dæčæn | ŋalŋijiak | |
| 8 | shoulder | tamæmbɛr | dada | |
| 9 | elbow | mïnmïrpïr | dličiwuwul | |
| 10 | hand | dæmæ | dæmæ | |
| 11 | breasts | če | čiye | |
| 12 | back | dædære | dædære | |
| 13 | belly | dægæ | damarde | |
| 14 | navel | dæčɛre | dæčɛre | |
| 15 | heart | kækulkul | kækulgul | |
| 16 | urine | waga | waga | |
| 17 | excrete | ŋækïn | nïkïnmœr | |
| 18 | thigh | dæbe | dæbe | |
| 19 | leg | dagare | dagare | |
| 20 | knee | dænïnǰe | dærɛnǰe | |
| 21 | foot | dæᵽïr | dæbir | |
| 22 | skin | agarᵽure | agaraburo | |
| 23 | fat | aleye | adæwe | |
| 24 | blood | ᵽæčæn | pučæn | |
| 25 | bone | ame | ame | |
| 26 | man | yæde | mipuR | |
| 27 | woman | ᵽalme | palme | |
| 28 | father | ŋača | ŋača | |
| 29 | mother | kala | ala | |
| 30 | grandmother | mæŋgæ | mæŋgæ | |
| 31 | policeman | wamumur | wamɔmɔ | |
| 32 | spear | yawul | yawul | |
| 33 | yagama | yagama | ||
| 34 | kuɲuŋuɲ | kuɲuŋuɲ | ||
| 35 | magulbe | magulbɔ | ||
| 36 | hair-belt | woyčær | wuǰa | |
| 37 | canoe | yænïŋgïǰe | kænægïǰe | |
| 38 | axe | bi | bi | |
| 39 | waRgaRde | waRguduʔ | ||
| 40 | fire | yæŋge | yæŋge | |
| 41 | smoke | tawan | dawan | |
| 42 | water | kure | kurɔ | |
| 43 | cloud | wɔ | wɔ | |
| 44 | rainbow | aŋemuŋge | aŋamuŋgi | |
| 45 | ætælmær | awalaŋir | ||
| 46 | sea | kuruŋgur | kuričæwæ | |
| 47 | river | diRpædær | kuripædæR | |
| 48 | stone | ᵽæpe | pæpe | |
| 49 | ground | ŋičir | ŋičïr | |
| 50 | track | mumba | mumba | |
| 51 | dust | baᵽun | pabun | |
| 52 | sun | mire | mïre | |
| 53 | moon | diwin | diwiɳ | |
| 54 | star | ŋanimæ | ŋanimær | |
| 55 | night | kulče nïmbe | ŋaniŋeye | |
| 56 | tomorrow | ŋuɲananïŋge | wadænige | |
| 57 | today | dæčaŋe | čawɔrɔ | |
| 58 | big | kæRæ | yɛrmïnbade | |
| 59 | awuye | awuye | ||
| 60 | dog | wowo | wowo | |
| 61 | tail | akïme | dapuR | |
| 62 | meat | kagɔ | kagɔ | |
| 63 | snake | æƀæŋgo | abæŋgo | |
| 64 | amače | amače | ||
| 65 | porcupine | aŋaneƀiɲe | aŋaneƀiɲi | |
| 66 | ŋuRp | kɔmɔɛnǰil | ||
| 67 | crow | awaŋge | awak | |
| 68 | æmængïɲ | mængiɲ | ||
| 69 | æƀære | æbære | ||
| 70 | mosquito | aƀuŋe | aƀuŋe | |
| 71 | sugar-bag | pïŋgïlǰa | puŋgudluʔ | |
| 72 | camp | dædæ | dædær | |
| 73 | black | čipma | čipma | |
| 74 | white | bwimaŋgare | boymæm | |
| 75 | red | ᵽïlᵽïlŋïne | pïlbïlŋïne | |
| 76 | one | wokumæ | wuŋguwæ | |
| 77 | two | fagare | wagare | |
| 78 | when? | æčæ | æčæ | |
| 79 | what? | čagane | čagane | |
| 80 | who? | kænæ | kænæ | |
| 81 | I | ŋaie | ŋaie | |
| 82 | you | ɲiɲi | ɲiɲi | |
| 83 | he | næm | næm | |
| 84 | grass | wurɔ | wuR | |
| 85 | vegetable food | meye | miye | |
| 86 | tree | yæwɛR | yawuR | |
| 87 | leaf | merïŋge | mirïŋge | |
| 88 | yærïge | yærge | ||
| 89 | mawuɲ | mawuɲ | ||
| 90 | ripe | mibin | mibin | |
| 91 | good | yubɔ | yubɔ | |
| 92 | bad | wulæk | wulæk | |
| 93 | blind | palakɲim | tarawɔrɔ | |
| 94 | deaf | ŋamama | waŋamama | |
| 95 | saliva | čarawɔ | čæræwul |