Ngadjunmaya language

Ngadjunmaya, correctly known as Ngadjumaya, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia that is located in the Goldfields-Esperance region.

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjumaya or of Mirning.

Phonology

Vowels

Three vowels with length are present:

• /i/ can also be heard as before a velar /k/, and as [ ~ ] before palatal sounds /ʎ, j/.
• /a/ can also be heard as when following sounds /w, j/, and as when following /k/.
• /u/ can also be heard as fronted when preceding /j/.

Consonants

• /ɽ/ can be heard as either a tap or a glide .
• /r/ can be heard as either a trill or a tap .
• /k/ can also have a voiced allophone of when in word-medial positions.

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