| Mayi-Kulan | |
|---|---|
| Maykulan | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Maikulan, Maithakari, Maijabi |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:xyk – Mayi-Kulan (Wunumara)xyt – Mayi-Thakurtixyj – Mayi-Yapi |
| Glottolog | mayk1239 |
| AIATSIS[1] | G25 Mayi-Kulan, G16 Mayi-Thakurti, G20 Mayi-Yapi |
| ELP | Mayi-Kulan |
| Mayi-Thakurti[2] | |
| Mayi-Yapi[3] | |
Mayi-Kulan is an extinct Mayi language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Mayi-Kulan and its dialects may be dialects of Ngawun/Wunumara.
Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Alveolo- palatal |
Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | t̠ʲ | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | n̠ʲ | n | ɳ |
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l̠ʲ | l | ɭ | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
- Unlike most other Mayi languages, /l̠ʲ/ in Mayi-Thakurti, and Wunumara is phonemic.[4]
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i, iː | u, uː |
| Open | a, aː | |
References
- ↑ G25 Mayi-Kulan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Mayi-Thakurti.
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Mayi-Yapi.
- ↑ Breen, Gavan (1981). The Mayi languages of the Queensland Gulf Country. Canberra: AIAS. pp. 21–31.
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