Bundjalung
Spoken in	New South Wales, Australia
Total speakers	10 (1983)
Language family	Pama-Nyungan Bundjalung
Writing system	Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	aus
ISO 639-3	bdy
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Bundjalung is an Australian Indigenous language of New South Wales.

Bundjalung consists of a number of dialects, including Yugumbir, Nganduwal, Minjangbal, Njangbal, Biriin, Baryulgil, Waalubal, Dinggabal, Wiyabal, Gidabal, Galibal, and Wudjeebal.

Contents 1 Phonology 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Mid	e eː
Low	a aː

/a/ and /e/ are neutralised as [ɛ] before /j/.

[edit] Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal	Apical
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Alveolar
Stop	b	ɡ	ɟ	d
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n
Lateral				l
Rhotic				r
Semivowel	w		j

[edit] See also

• Bundjalung people

[edit] References

• Crowley, Terry (1978). The Middle Clarence dialects of Bundjalung. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. 
• Cunningham, Margaret C. (1969). "A description of the Yugumbir dialect of Bundjalung". University of Queensland Papers, Faculty of Arts 1 (8). 
• Geytenbeek, Brain B. (1964). "Morphology of the regular verbs of Gidabul". Papers on the languages of the Australian Aborigines. 
• Geytenbeek, Brian B.; Getenbeek, Helen (1971). Gidabal grammar and dictionary. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. 
• Geytenbeek, Helen (1964). Personal pronouns of Gidabul. 
• Holmer, Nils M. (1971). Notes on the Bundjalung Dialect. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. 
• Sharpe, Margaret C. (1994). An all-dialect dictionary of Bunjalung, an Australian language no longer in general use. 

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue report for language code:bdy

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