Jaminjung is a moribund Australian language spoken around the Victoria River in the Northern TerritoryofAustralia. There seems to be a steady increase in the number of speakers of the language with very few people speaking the language in 1967, about 30 speakers in 1991, and between 50 and 150 speakers in 2000.[4][1]
| Jaminjung | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Victoria River (Northern Territory) |
Native speakers | 29 (2016)[1] |
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | djd |
| Glottolog | djam1255 |
| AIATSIS[2] | N18 Jaminjung, N19 Ngaliwurru |
| ELP | Jaminjung |
| Ngaliwurru[3] | |
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| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ |
Vowel length is not distinctive. The close-mid vowel /e/ only appears in a small number of words, and is probably a loan from surrounding languages.[5]
Jaminjung has 18 consonants:[5]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p /p/ | k /k/ | j /c/ | th /t̪/ | t /t/ | rt /ʈ / |
| Nasal | m /m/ | ng /ŋ/ | ny /ɲ/ | n /n/ | rn /ɳ / | |
| Trill | rr /r/ | |||||
| Approximant | ly /ʎ/ | l /l/ | rl /ɭ / | |||
| w /w/ | y /j/ | r /ɻ / | ||||
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