| Giimbiyu | |
|---|---|
| Mangerr | |
| Native to | Australia | 
| Region | Northern Territory | 
| Extinct | 1980s–1990s [1] | 
|  Arnhem Land?  
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| Dialects | 
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| Latin (Australian Aboriginal) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:  zme – Mangerr urc – Urningangg err – Erre | 
| Glottolog |  giim1238  | 
| AIATSIS [2] |  N220  | 
| ELP | Urningangga | 
|   Giimbiyu (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
Giimbiyu is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language isolate once spoken by the Giimbiyu people of northern Australia.
The name Giimbiyu is a Gaagudju word for 'of the stoney country'. It was introduced in Harvey (1992) as a cover term for the named dialects, [2]
In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011). [3]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| plain | pal. | |||||
| Plosive | p | k | ɟ | t | ʈ | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ | |
| Fricative | ɣ | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | ɭʲ | ||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | ɪ | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ø | |
| Low | a | ||
Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items: [5]
| gloss | Mangeri | Uningangk | 
|---|---|---|
| man | wurilg | wurig | 
| woman | ŋeːn | ŋeːn | 
| head | wiliŋerm | ulŋerb | 
| eye | iːm | iːm | 
| nose | jingolm | ingolb | 
| mouth | jagir | indjaːd | 
| tongue | nindjadj | indjaːd | 
| stomach | abeɽweɽe | abeɽwe | 
| bone | ijerm | mulgud | 
| blood | maneŋulm | waija | 
| kangaroo | oidjbaɣar | wurulamb | 
| opossum | muŋaːd | malijarŋ | 
| emu | wiwijüw | iwidjiw | 
| crow | gagud | gagud | 
| fly | muɳimuɳi | maŋanaŋaɳ | 
| sun | muɣaːliŋ | indjuwawi | 
| moon | järagäl | järagäl | 
| fire | wiɽumgarm | widjälim | 
| smoke | wuŋɛŋg | wuŋɛŋg | 
| water | ogog | ogog | 
 
  
 