Classification
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.
Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.
| Nyikina | |
|---|---|
| Region | Lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Nyigina |
Native speakers | 61 (2016 census) [1] |
Nyulnyulan
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nyh |
| Glottolog | nyig1240 |
| AIATSIS [2] | K3 |
| ELP | Nyikina |
Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.
Warrwa may have been a dialect.
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.
Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | b | ɡ | ɟ | d | ɖ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | ||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | ||
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | a | |
| Phoneme | Allophones |
|---|---|
| /i/ | [i], [ɪ] |
| /a/ | [ä], [ɑ], [ʌ], [æ] |
| /u/ | [u], [ʊ] |
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