Mbariman-Gudhinma
Gugu Warra
Wurangung
Native toAustralia
RegionQueensland
EthnicityLamalama, Kokowara = Laia, Yadaneru (Wurangung)
Extinctlikely by 2003
Pama–Nyungan
  • Mbariman-Gudhinma
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
zmv – Mbariman-Gudhinma
wrw – Gugu Warra
Glottologmbar1253  Rimanggudhinma
gugu1256  Roth's Gugu Warra
AIATSIS[1]Y195 Rimanggudinhma, Y80 Gugu Warra, Y66 Wurangung
ELP

Mbariman-Gudhinma (Rimanggudinhma, Rimang-Gudinhma, Parimankutinma), one of several languages labelled Gugu Warra (Kuku-Warra,[2] Kuku-Wara) 'unintelligible speech' as opposed to Gugu Mini 'intelligible speech',[3] 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.[4]

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".[5]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive voiceless p t̪ t c k
voiced b d̪ d ɟ ɡ
prenasal ᵐb ⁿ̪d̪ ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑɡ
Nasal m n̪ n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l
Rhotic voiced r
voiceless r̥
Approximant w ð̞ ɹ j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

[6]

References

  1. ^ Y195 Rimanggudinhma at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. ^ "Y80: Kuku-Warra". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Y195: Rimanggudinhma". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Y66: Wurangung". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Y55: Morrobolam". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^ Verstraete, Jean-Christophe (2018). The Genetic Status of Lamalamic: Phonological and Morphological Evidence. Oceanic Linguistics 57, no. 1: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 1–30.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)


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