Eastern Daly languages
| Eastern Daly | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Daly River region, northern Australia |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Gunwinyguan ?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | east2374 |
 The Daly languages (color), among the other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
 Eastern Daly | |
The Eastern Daly languages are an extinct family of Australian aboriginal languages that are fairly closely related, at 50% cognate. They were:
These languages had elements of verbal structure that suggest they may be related to the Macro-Gunwinyguan languages. All are now extinct.[1]
Vocabulary
[edit]The following basic vocabulary items are from Tryon (1968).[2]
no. gloss Kamor Matngala 1 head puǰæ puǰa 2 hair puǰæmaR pučæmænæŋ 3 eyes miyam dun 4 nose činin činin 5 ear piyawuR peyawuR 6 tooth ŋat ŋat 7 tongue ŋaltïretïre ŋænæR 8 shoulder tæwæR tæwæR 9 elbow dændar dandar 10 hand mæmæk mæmæk 11 breasts kuyuŋ mœRmœR 12 back dætœm dætœm 13 belly mæn pak 14 navel čœdur čœdœR 15 heart mændulma mændulma 16 urine wure wœre 17 excrete kœn kœn 18 thigh čære čære 19 leg kærær kaR 20 knee pœŋgaR pœŋgar 21 foot mær mær 22 skin baR karala 23 fat mœdl mœdl 24 blood čœrŋuɲ čœruŋœɲ 25 bone pæč pæč 26 man čiǰe čije 27 woman pamgun kuwarak 28 father baŋɔ baŋgač 29 mother kilaɲŋɔ kidlaŋ 30 grandmother kalaɲŋɔ kawoy 31 policeman čayač čaǰiɲ 32 spear kanbe kanbe 33 woomera lagač lagaɲ 34 boomerang čïmbičïmbič čïmbičïmbič 35 nullanulla magulbɔ yimnalanala 36 hair-belt maR muŋuR 37 canoe wænæ wænæ 38 axe mæŋ mæŋ 39 dilly bag kalan kaRaR 40 fire yim yim 41 smoke wæn wuŋgɔR 42 water wuk wuk 43 cloud wœŋ pær 44 rainbow pululɔy pulɔypulɔy 45 barramundi kœyl kœly 46 sea wuk kučuwoy kærætïl 47 river wukpædæR pædæR 48 stone pawar pawaR 49 ground yurɔ yurɔ 50 track čal mær 51 dust puruŋ puruŋ 52 sun mœRœR mœrœr 53 moon nœdœn nudun 54 star naŋɔ milan 55 night ŋoykdiɲ ŋœyč 56 tomorrow pukunuŋ neganuŋ 57 today neyœnuŋ kamɔ 58 big æluŋɔ kunuwaraŋ 59 possum bɔ bɔ 60 dog čamar čamaR 61 tail čirin čiriɲ 62 meat piɲæk piɲa 63 snake piɲam ŋuɲbœr 64 red kangaroo čayïR čayɛR 65 porcupine mïdlk mænɛŋɛč 66 emu nœwœt nœwœt 67 crow waŋgaR waŋgaR 68 goanna araɲ aRaɲ 69 blue tongue lizard pïRir pïRïR 70 mosquito wuræŋ wœraŋ 71 sugar-bag wamæR wæmæR 72 camp dak dak 73 black wakpara wakwaRa 74 white puŋma tamaRma 75 red pirpma piRpma 76 one næmbayɔ næmbeyɔ 77 two palpmurɔ kurinǰeyɔ 78 when? anaɲmiye aneɲïmbediɲ 79 what? anǰanuŋ anǰa 80 who? nuwun nuŋuɲ 81 I ŋurɔnuŋ ŋurɔ 82 you nuŋgɔrnuŋ waŋare 83 he kuna kuna 84 grass wæn wæn 85 vegetable food mæye miye 86 tree yim yim 87 leaf wurœr dæmbæl 88 pandanus čaŋača čaŋača 89 ironwood pawič pawit 90 ripe damgane pirpma 91 good kunburiɲ kunburič 92 bad kuwaruk kuwarɔ 93 blind wuɲ wuɲ 94 deaf ɲaba ɲaba 95 saliva tak tak
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, 2003, The non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia
- ^ Tryon, Darrell T. "The Daly River Languages: A Survey". In Aguas, E.F. and Tryon, D. editors, Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 3. A-14:21-49. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1968. doi:10.15144/PL-A14.21
- Tryon, D. T. (1968). "The Daly River languages: a survey". Papers in Australian Linguistics. 3: 21–36.
- Tryon, D. T. (1974). Daly family languages, Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.