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        <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Nyangumarda,Nyangumata
 
 
<b>Description:</b>
 
Nyangumarta is spoken by Indigenous Australians in the region of Western Australia to the south and east of Lake Waukarlykarly, including Eighty Mile Beach, and part of the Great Sandy Desert inland to near Telfer.
Nyangumarta is a member of the Marrngu subgroup of the Nyungic branch of Pama-Nyungan languages. The other members of this group are Mangarla and Karajarri, with which it shares more features and vocabulary.
Nyangumarta has two main dialects: Ngurlipartu, spoken in the southern, inland region, and Wanyarli, spoken in the northern, coastal region.
- Nyangumarta words are at least disyllabic. - Simple 'canonical' CV (Consonant, vowel) structures are strongly preferred. - Nyangumarta does not permit consonant clusters (CC) in the onset of a syllable. - Nyangumarta has no fricative sounds like the [s] in English seven. - Nyangumarta has a very limited inventory of vowel sounds (eg., no [e] sound as in pen, or no weak vowel, like the vowel that begins the English word above) - Knowing these phonological facts enables us to predict the phonological transformations that take place when an English word is borrowed into Nyangumarta. Knowing a little bit about traditional<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2978565 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
        <tr><td><h2>Location of Nyangumarta Language Speakers</h2>
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-32.345623, 141.434598, Australia</googlemap>
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        <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
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<tr><td>Bibliography:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nna_references-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nna_references-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Detailed Description:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nna_detail-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nna_detail-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Map:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nna_map-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nna_map-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Phonology:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nna_phon-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nna_phon-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Table Of Contents:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nna_contents-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nna_contents-1 (browse)] </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>
 
<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>
 
<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>nna</td></tr>
 
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      <tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Australian Group]]
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Pama-Nyungan Group]]
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[South-West Group]]
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Marngu Group]]
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[[Nyangumarta Language]]</b>
 
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