Ayabadhu | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland; north of Coleman River, south of Coen. |
Ethnicity | Ayapathu, Yintyingka |
Extinct | (date missing) |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ayd |
Glottolog | ayab1239 |
AIATSIS[1] | Y60 |
ELP | Ayapathu |
Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), or Badhu, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Paman family spoken on the Cape York PeninsulaofNorth Queensland, Australia by the Ayapathu people.[1][2]: 17 The Ayabadhu language region includes the Cook Shire and the areas around Coen and Port Stewart.[3]
Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by the Yintyingka and Lamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language.[2]: 51 They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" to Western Ayapathu.[4] The name Yintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language.[1][5]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
Open | a aː |
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | |||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | ||
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʔ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | |
Rhotic | r | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | w | j | ɹ |
Some words from the Ayabadhu language, as spelt and written by Ayabadhu authors include:[3]
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