Nugunu Language (nnv) - Revision history

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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Wongaidya,Tjura,Noocoona,Doora,Pukunna,Nukuna,Nookoona,Njuguna,Wallaroo,Tyura,Nukunu,Nukana,Nuguna,Nukunnu,Warra,Nokunna,Nukunu language

<b>Description:</b>

Nukunu (many other names; see below) is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nukunu people in Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
This language has been known by many names by neighboring tribes and Australianists, including:
Nukunu is a Pama-Nyungan language, closely related to neighboring languages in the Miru cluster like Narungga, Kaurna, and Ngadjuri.
Nukunu has three different vowels with contrastive long and short lengths (a, i, u, a:, i:, u:).
The Nukunu consonantal inventory is typical for a Pama-Nyungan language, with six places of articulation for stops and nasals. There are three rhotics in the language.
A phonemic voicing contrast exists in Nukunu, but it has only been observed in the retroflex stop series. An example demonstrating such a contrast intervocalically is kurdi (phlegm, IPA ['kuɖi]) and kurti (quandong, IPA ['kuʈi]).
In contrast with other Thura-Yura languages, Nukunu did not partake in either the initial th- lenition before vowels or the lenition of initial k- before vowels.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=22921859 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/australia Australia]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>nnv</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Australian Group]]

    [[Pama-Nyungan Group]]

      [[South-West Group]]

        [[Yura Group]]

          <b>[[Nugunu Language]]</b>

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