Nnv

Also Known As: Wongaidya,Tjura,Noocoona,Doora,Pukunna,Nukuna,Nookoona,Njuguna,Wallaroo,Tyura,Nukunu,Nukana,Nuguna,Nukunnu,Warra,Nokunna,Nukunu language Description: 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...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Nugunu Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/nnv/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Australia Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: nnv Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Australian Group     Pama-Nyungan Group       South-West Group         Yura Group           Nugunu Language