Nyiyaparli
"Nijadali"
Native toWestern Australia
EthnicityBailgu, Niabali
Native speakers
3 (2005 & 2006 census)[1]
(census data seem to be repeated for Jauna & Palyku)[1]
Dialects
  • Palyku
  • Nankilakuthu ('high' or padupadu dialect)
  • Martuyitha ('low' dialect)
  • ?Ngulipartu (self-reported)
Language codes
ISO 639-3xny
Glottolognija1241
AIATSIS[1]A50
ELP

Nyiyaparli (Nyiyabali, Njijabali, or misspelled Nijadali) is a nearly extinct Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Palyku (Bailko) and Niabali (Jana) people of Western Australia. There's a formal language register known as padupadu.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Velar (Alveolo-)
palatal 		Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Rhotic ɾ
Lateral l̠ʲ l ɭ
Approximant w j ɹ

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i u
Low ɐ

References

  1. ^ a b c A50 Nyiyaparli at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
  3. ^ Battin, Jacqueline (2019). Topics in Nyiyaparli morphosyntax. Australian National University.


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