Wanyi | |
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Waanji | |
Region | Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia |
Extinct | Late 20th century. |
Garrwan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wny |
Glottolog | wany1247 [1] |
AIATSIS [2] | G23 |
Wanyi (also spelled Waanyi, Wanji, Waanji) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Waanyi people of the lower gulf area of Northern Queensland, Australia.
In linguistics, language death occurs when a language loses its last native speaker. By extension, language extinction is when the language is no longer known, including by second-language speakers. Other similar terms include linguicide, the death of a language from natural or political causes, and rarely glottophagy, the absorption or replacement of a minor language by a major language.
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Phoneme inventory [3]
Bilabial | Velar | Apical | Palatal | Open [ disambiguation needed ] | ||
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Stop | b | k | d | j | ||
Nasal | m | ng | n | ny | ||
Lateral | l | ly | ||||
Tap | rr | |||||
Glide | w | r | y | |||
Short Vowel | u | i | a | |||
Long Vowel | uu | ii | aa |
Phonemic long vowels are rare. [3]
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