Vowels[]
Yidiny has the typical Australian vowel system of /a, i, u/. Yidiny also displays contrastive vowel length.
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/ i |
/y/ ï |
/ɯ/ ü |
/u/ u | ||
| Mid | /ɛ/ ɛ |
/œ/ œ |
/ɜ/ e |
/ɞ/ ë |
/ʌ/ ʌ |
/ɔ/ ɔ |
| Open | /æ/ æ |
/a/ a |
/ɶ/ ä |
/ɑ/ ö |
/ɒ/ o | |
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | /b/ b | /d/ d | /ɟ/ f | /g/ g | ||
| Fricative | /β/ v | /ð/ t | /z/ s | /ʝ/ c | /ɣ/ ɣ | |
| Nasal | /m/ m | /n/ n | /ɲ/ ɲ | /ŋ/ ŋ | ||
| Approximant | /w/ w | /ʋ/ ʋ | /ɹ/ z | /ɻ/ q | /j/ j | /ɰ/ k |
| Lateral | /l/ l | /ɭ/ ł | /ʎ/ y | /ʟ/ x | ||
| Rhotic | /ʙ/ p | /r/ r |
It is not clear if the two rhotics are trill and flap, or tap and approximate. Dixon (1977) gives them as a "trilled apical rhotic" and a "retroflex continuant."[1]
References[]
- ↑ "A Grammar of Yidiɲ", by R. M. W. Dixon, 1977, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. P. 32