Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), or Badhu, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Paman family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland, Australia by the Ayapathu people.[1][2]: 17 The Ayabadhu language region includes the Cook Shire and the areas around Coen and Port Stewart.[3]
| Ayabadhu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland; north of Coleman River, south of Coen. |
| Ethnicity | Ayapathu, Yintyingka |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ayd |
| Glottolog | ayab1239 |
| AIATSIS[1] | Y60 |
| ELP | Ayapathu |
Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by the Yintyingka and Lamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language.[2]: 51 They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" to Western Ayapathu.[4] The name Yintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language.[1][5]
Phonology edit
Vowels edit
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
| Open | a aː |
Consonants edit
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | ||
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʔ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | |
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɹ | |||
- Consonants may show gemination [Cː] when in intervocalic position after a stressed initial-syllable with a short vowel.
- Voicing among stops may be heard as [b, ɡ, d̪, ɟ, d] when following nasal sounds, or within the onset of a third syllable in trisyllablic words.
- /t/ may also have a trilled allophone [tʳ] within the onset of a second syllable.
- /w/ may also be heard as a fricative [β] or an approximant [β̞] within intervocalic positions.[6]
Vocabulary edit
Some words from the Ayabadhu language, as spelt and written by Ayabadhu authors include:[3]
- 'Agu: land
- 'Eka: head
- Kaleny: uncle
- Kangka: leaf
- Ko'on: magpie goose
- Kuche: two
- Mayi: food
- Punga: sun
- Wanthi punga: good day
References edit
- ^ a b c Y60 Ayabadhu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Walter de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9781614519003. ISBN 978-1-5015-0071-8.
- ^ a b
This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Ayabadhu published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Y236: Yintyingka". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Y50: Umpithamu". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
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