Maningrida language spoken in Australia
| Nakkara |
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| Region | Northern Territory |
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| Ethnicity | Nagara people |
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Native speakers | 55 (2021 census)[1] |
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| Language codes |
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| ISO 639-3 | nck |
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| Glottolog | naka1260 |
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| AIATSIS[2] | N80 |
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| ELP | Nakara |
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Nakkara (Na-kara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nagara people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
It is also spelled Nakara or Nagara and also called Kokori.
Phonology
Consonants
Consonant chart[3] | | Bilabial | Apical | Laminal | Dorsal |
| | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar |
| Stop | b | d | ɖ | ɟ | g |
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ |
| Lateral | | l | ɭ | | |
| Rhotic | | r/ɾ | ɽ | | |
| Semivowel | w | | | j | |
Stops have both voiced and voiceless allophones, depending on their position in the word. Furthermore, a stop length variation is present, which is only contrastive in morpheme-medial positions. This can be interpreted as either gemination, or as evidence for the existence of two separate stop series, with a suprasegmental hypothesis being mostly ruled out.
The tapped and trilled allophones of /r/ are in free variation.[3]
Vowels
Vowel chart[3] | | Front | Central | Back |
| Close | i | | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Open | | a | |
References
- ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ N80 Nakkara at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b c Eather, Bronwyn (1990). A grammar of Nakkara (Central Arnhem Land Coast) (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5D723D207FDA3. hdl:1885/132899.
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