Mbiywom language

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Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of Cape York and Cook Shire in Far North Queensland.[1][2]

Mbiywom
Mbeiwum
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityMbewum
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmbiy1238
AIATSIS[1]Y41
ELPMbiywom

Alternative names

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  • Bywoom
  • Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan
  • Kokimoh / Kokinno
  • M Berwum
  • Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum
  • Uradhi[1]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voiceless p k c t
voiced b ɡ ɟ d
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Rhotic r
Approximant w j l ɻ

Vowels

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Front Back
High i y u
Mid e o
Low a

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Y41 Mbiywom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^   This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Mbeiwum published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ Hale, Kenneth (1976). Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages. pp. 20–22.