Ayabadhu language

Ayabadhu
Ayabadhu
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland; north of Coleman River, south of Coen.
Ethnicity	Ayapathu, Yintyingka
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Ayabadhu; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ayd
Glottolog	ayab1239
AIATSIS	Y60
ELP	Ayapathu

Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), or Badhu, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Paman family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland, Australia by the Ayapathu people.^[1]^[2]^: 17 The Ayabadhu language region includes the Cook Shire and the areas around Coen and Port Stewart.^[3]

Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by the Yintyingka and Lamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language.^[2]^: 51 They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" to Western Ayapathu.^[4] The name Yintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language.^[1]^[5]

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Open		a aː

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical	Glottal
	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Glottal
Plosive	p	k	t̪	c	t	ʔ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n
Rhotic					r
Lateral					l
Approximant	w			j	ɹ

Consonants may show gemination [Cː] when in intervocalic position after a stressed initial-syllable with a short vowel.
Voicing among stops may be heard as [b, ɡ, d̪, ɟ, d] when following nasal sounds, or within the onset of a third syllable in trisyllablic words.
/t/ may also have a trilled allophone [tʳ] within the onset of a second syllable.
/w/ may also be heard as a fricative [β] or an approximant [β̞] within intervocalic positions.^[6]

Vocabulary

Some words from the Ayabadhu language, as spelt and written by Ayabadhu authors include:^[3]

'Agu: land
'Eka: head
Kaleny: uncle
Kangka: leaf
Ko'on: magpie goose
Kuche: two
Mayi: food
Punga: sun
Wanthi punga: good day

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Y60 Ayabadhu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ ^a ^b Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Walter de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9781614519003. ISBN 978-1-5015-0071-8.
^ ^a ^b This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Ayabadhu published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 3 June 2022.
^ "Y236: Yintyingka". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ "Y50: Umpithamu". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

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[AIATSIS-1] Y60 Ayabadhu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[verstraete2015-2] Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Walter de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9781614519003. ISBN 978-1-5015-0071-8.

[:SLQ44-3] This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Ayabadhu published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 3 June 2022.

[austlangY236-4] "Y236: Yintyingka". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

[austlangY50-5] "Y50: Umpithamu". Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

[6] Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

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