Family of Pama-Nyungan languages
The Ngumpin–Yapa a.k.a. Ngarrka–Ngumpin languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of the Pilbara region of Australia.[1]
Ngardi , once classified as either Ngarrga (2002) or Ngumpin (2004), has been reassigned to the Wati languages .[1]
Vocabulary
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Ngumpin–Yapa languages:[2]
gloss
Wolmeri
Jülbre
Djäru (Southern)
Malngin
Ngaɽinman
Mudbura
Gogodja
man
biːn, ŋanbe
waḏi
mawun
ŋumbin
ŋumbin
ŋarga
bundu
woman
maːɳin
dudju
ŋaːriŋga
djänga
bagali
giri
dɔdju
head
waːlu
miläl
laŋga
waːlu
waːluŋ
waːlu
ŋalja
eye
mil
guɽu
milwa
milo
mila
mila
guɽu
nose
djirdji
mulja
djirdji
djirdji
djirdji
djirdji
djirdji
mouth
gaɳɖalgudal
jira
lira, djawi
barara
lira
baraːrg
lira
tongue
djulaṉ
ŋalana
djälaṉ
djälaṉ
djälaṉ
djälaɳ
djälaṉ
stomach
ŋaːru
djuni
munda
munda
munda
madjula
munda
bone
gudji
darga
gudji
gudji
gudji
gujuwan
juŋguɽu
blood
nuŋu
jilgu
gjaːwili
guŋulu
ŋurinjin
guŋulu
jälju
kangaroo
wandjiri
madjiri
djädji
djiːa
djiːa
djiːa
maɭu
opossum
djämbidjin
ŋungudi
ŋurgudi
djaŋana
ŋurgudi
mala
emu
ganaŋandja
wanjaru
wanjaru
ibaradu
ŋäɽin
crow
waŋgan
djägilgäda
wangura
wagwag
wagwag
waŋgurinja
ganga
fly
bunmuɽ
ŋurin
ŋurin, muru
ŋurin
ŋurin, gunama
gunuŋa
mɔŋu
sun
bɽaŋu
banal
walur
gaŋirin
wulŋan
waŋgu
ŋeːlir
moon
gilinman
rogaŋga
järŋan
djälaːɳ
djägilin
baɖaŋara
girindji
fire
waɭu
waɽu
djawu
djawi
djawi
djawi, waɭu
waɽu
smoke
duwi
ŋundjur
ŋundjur
djuŋgaɖ
djuŋgaɖ
djuŋgaidj
djänjuŋu
water
ŋaba
galju
ŋaba
ŋaːwa
ŋaːwa
ŋogo
gabi, jura
References
McConvell and Laughren (2004) "The Ngumpin–Yapa subgroup". In Claire Bowern & Harold Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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