Bindiiwalu [BWU]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bindiiwalu
A basic european-esk nominative-accusative language with lots of loan words from Australian indigenous languages
Sample of Bindiiwalu[view] nórūnayajal ngbi jiki urubambu bambu wil, nórūnayajiil kuk urubambu bambu wil urukiba.
How many eggs do you want me to fry in the pan?[view all texts]
How many eggs do you want me to fry in the pan?[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treePama-Nyungan
⤷ Proto-Pama-Nyungan
⤷ Arandic–Thura-Yura
⤷ Thura-Yura
⤷ Core Thura-Yura
⤷ Kadli
⤷ Bindiiwalu
⤷ Proto-Pama-Nyungan
⤷ Arandic–Thura-Yura
⤷ Thura-Yura
⤷ Core Thura-Yura
⤷ Kadli
⤷ Bindiiwalu
[view] About Pama-NyunganThe Pama-Nyungan languages are the most widespread language family of indigenous Australian languages, containing approximately 300 languages and covering the vast majority of the continent. Typical Pama-Nyungan languages are dependent-marking and ex...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | d | k | ||||||||||||||
Fricative | θ | |||||||||||||||||
Affricate | d͡ʒ | t͡ɕ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɽ |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i: | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
Close-mid | o: | |||||||
Open-mid | ɜ: | ɔ | ||||||
Near-open | æ | ɐ: |
Polyphthongs | ɘʉ | aɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bindiiwalu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
BindiiwaluOrthography | ||||||||
Āā/ɐ:/ | Aa/æ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ii/ɪ/ | II ii/i:/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ɲ/ | Oo/ɘʉ/ | Ōō/ɔ/ | Óó/o:/ | Pp/p/ | Ŗŗ/ɽ/ | Rr/ɹ/ |
TH th/θ/ | TJ tj/t͡ɕ/ | Ūū/ɜ:/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/ʎ/ | Ŷŷ/aɪ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
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