Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of Cape York and Cook Shire in Far North Queensland.[1][2]
Alternative names
- Bywoom
- Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan
- Kokimoh / Kokinno
- M Berwum
- Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum
- Uradhi[1]
Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | k | c | t̪ | t | |
| voiced | b | ɡ | ɟ | d̪ | d | ||
| Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | ||||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
| Rhotic | r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ | |||
Vowels
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | y | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a | ||
References
- ^ a b c Y41 Mbiywom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^
This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Mbeiwum published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 8 July 2022.
- ^ Hale, Kenneth (1976). Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages. pp. 20–22.
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