Pakanha language
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Pakanha (Bakanha), or Ayabakan, is a nearly extinct Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. In 1981, there were 10 speakers of the language, originally spoken by the aboriginal Pakanha people in the central part of the Cape York Peninsula.[1]
Phonology
Vowels
Pakanha has 5 vowel qualities:[4]
| Short | Long | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | Front | Central | Back | |
| Close | i /i/ | u /u ~ ʊ/ | ii /iː/ | uu /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e ~ e̞/ | o /o ~ ɔ/ | ee /ɛː/ | oo /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a ~ ə/ | aa /aː/ | ||||
Consonants
Pakanha has 15 consonants:[4]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | p /p/ | k /k/ | ch /c/ | th /t̪/ | t /t/ | ' /ʔ/ | |
| Nasal | m /m/ | ng /ŋ/ | ny /ɲ/ | nh /n̪/ | n /n/ | ||
| Trill | rr /r/ | ||||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | y /j/ | l /l/ | r /ɻ / | |||
Vocabulary/Topical Index
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(P) = Pakanha, (Olk) = Uw Olkola, (Oyk) = Uw Oykangand.
The Body:
- Body
- nhangka (P)
- idnhan (Olk, Oyk)
- elpan (Olk)
- Head
- wele (P)
- eka (Olk)
- e.g. (Oyk)
- Fontanel
- wele ngangka (P)
- ek ulpar (Olk)
- e.g. ulbar (Oyk)
- Skull
- yenkan (P)
- ek obher (Olk)
- e.g. opher (Oyk)
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pakanha at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pakanh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
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