Nyiyaparli language

Nyiyaparli
Nyiyaparli
"Nijadali"
Native to	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Bailgu, Niabali
Native speakers	3 (2005 & 2006 census); (census data seem to be repeated for Jauna & Palyku)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngayarda Nyiyaparli; ;
Dialects	Palyku; Nankilakuthu ('high' or padupadu dialect); Martuyitha ('low' dialect); ?Ngulipartu (self-reported);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xny
Glottolog	nija1241
AIATSIS	A50
ELP	Palyku; Nyiyaparli;

Nyiyaparli (Nyiyabali, Njijabali, or misspelled Nijadali) is a nearly extinct Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Palyku (Bailko) and Niabali (Jana) people of Western Australia. There's a formal language register known as padupadu.

Phonology

	Labial	Velar	(Alveolo-) palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	c	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n	ɳ
Rhotic				ɾ
Lateral			l̠ʲ	l	ɭ
Approximant	w		j	ɹ

/ɲ, c, l̠ʲ/ can also be heard as dental sounds [n̪, t̪, l̪] in free variation among speakers.
Sounds /ɾ, ɹ/ can be heard in free variation as [r, ɻ] among speakers.

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Low		ɐ

^ ^a ^b ^c A50 Nyiyaparli at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
^ Battin, Jacqueline (2019). Topics in Nyiyaparli morphosyntax. Australian National University.

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