Ngadjunmaya, correctly known as Ngadjumaya, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia that is located in the Goldfields-Esperance region.
Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjumaya or of Mirning.
Phonology
Vowels
Three vowels with length are present:
- /i/ can also be heard as [e] before a velar /k/, and as [ɛ ~ æ] before palatal sounds /ʎ, j/.
- /a/ can also be heard as [ɔ] when following sounds /w, j/, and as [o] when following /k/.
- /u/ can also be heard as fronted [ʏ] when preceding /j/.
Consonants
- /ɽ/ can be heard as either a tap [ɽ] or a glide [ɻ].
- /r/ can be heard as either a trill [r] or a tap [ɾ].
- /k/ can also have a voiced allophone of [ɣ] when in word-medial positions.
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