Nunggubuyu language

Nunggubuyu language
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Nunggubuyu
Spoken in:	Numbulwar, Northern Territory

Total speakers:	300 + 400 partial or second-language speakers (1991^[update])¹
Language family:	Gunwinyguan Nunggubuyu
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`aus`
ISO 639-3:	`nuy`
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Nunggubuyu is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Nunggubuyu people. It is the primary language of the community of Numbulwar in the Northern Territory.²

Phonology

	Bilabial	Interdental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Lamino- Alveolar	Velar
Stop	b	d̪	d	ɖ	ɟ	ɡ
Nasal	m	n̪	n	ɳ	ɲ	ŋ
Lateral		l̪	l	ɭ
Rhotic			ɾ	ɻ
Semivowel	w				y

/n̪/ is rare. /ɾ/ may optionally be pronounced as a trill when it occurs word-initial position, which is rare.³

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Low	a aː

Nunggubuyu uses a quinary number system.⁴

1	anjbadj
2	wulawa
3	wulanjbadj
4	wulawulal
5	marangandjbugidj
6	maralibalinala mari anjbadj
7	maralibalinala mari wulawa
8	maralibalinala mari wulanjbadj
9	maralibalinala mari wulawulal
10	wurumulumara ngandjabugidj
15	wurumulumbulanbadj
20	wurumulumbulalwulal

^ Ethnologue.
^ Numbulwar Numburindi Community Government Council (2007). "Numbulwar's Profile & Information". Retrieved on 2007-11-11. "The major language spoken in Numbulwar is Noongabuyu (Noon-ga-boy-you) along with creole. English is generally regarded as a third language in the community."
^ Heath (1984): p. 12.
^ Capell, A. "A New Approach to Australian Linguistics", Oceania linguistic monographs 1 (1956), Sydney: University of Sydney, p. 68. Cited in John Harris, "Facts and Fallacies of Aboriginal Number Systems", SIL work paper series B, volume 8 (1982), p. 161.

Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Nunggubuyu", Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th ed., Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
Heath, Jeffrey (1984). Functional Grammar of Nunggubuyu. Canberra: AIAS. ISBN 0-85575-157-6.

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