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Warray language

Not to be confused with Waray language.
Warray
Native toAustralia
RegionAdelaide River, Northern Territory
EthnicityAwarai, Wulwulam
Extinctc. 2000
Arnhem
Dialects
  • Waray
  • ?Wulwulam = Ngorrkkowo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3wrz
Glottologwara1290  Warray
wulw1234  Wulwulam
AIATSIS[1]N25
ELPWarray

Warray (Waray) was an Australian language spoken in the Adelaide River area of the Northern Territory.

Wulwulam may have been a dialect. Ngorrkkowo may have been another name for Wulwulam.[2]

Phonology

Consonants[3]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Stop p(ː) t(ː) c(ː) k(ː)
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l
Trill r
Semivowel w j
Vowels[3]
Front Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary items of Warray are from Tryon (1968).[4]

no. gloss Warrai
1 head anbam
2 hair meǰa
3 eyes andum
4 nose ange
5 ear anganïm
6 tooth anlætma
7 tongue anǰæn
8 shoulder anmunak
9 elbow angunmuŋ
10 hand ænnæbæ
11 breasts čœčœč
12 back angibæ
13 belly anmiɲ
14 navel anlanǰɛrak
15 heart andoy
16 urine wul
17 excrete ŋuk
18 thigh anǰatot
19 leg angaRa
20 knee anbat
21 foot anŋobæ
22 skin anwik
23 fat anli
24 blood kurač
25 bone anmɔ
26 man naŋ
27 woman alguwulbæ
28 father pibi
29 mother pulbul
30 grandmother wæče
31 policeman aǰamɔrɔ
32 spear bɔkɔ
33 woomera ǰon
34 boomerang buran
35 nullanulla waRawaRa
36 hair-belt čaman
37 canoe pamuɲ
38 axe čočo
39 dilly bag liče
40 fire wæk
41 smoke wudl
42 water wik
43 cloud pamŋul
44 rainbow kulunǰe
45 barramundi madukadl
46 sea čænbadlk
47 river popal
48 stone kïre
49 ground yul
50 track čap
51 dust luRa
52 sun miradl
53 moon kaRaŋ
54 star mœlœbe
55 night ŋečpa
56 tomorrow lɔrewɔ
57 today waɲelak
58 big amoǰïlk
59 possum wuǰa
60 dog ŋire
61 tail anlaɲ
62 meat waŋ
63 snake pælam
64 red kangaroo čaniɲ
65 porcupine kuwaraŋ
66 emu ŋuriɲ
67 crow wagæ
68 goanna laliɲ
69 blue tongue lizard walmadatatɔ
70 mosquito ŋadl
71 sugar-bag bɔk
72 camp læ
73 black anguǰikɔ
74 white andɔrɔkɔ
75 red anbikpitu
76 one anǰærɛɲ
77 two kɛraŋludl
78 when? ambawayɛn
79 what? ɲiɲaŋ
80 who? abɛŋ
81 I ɲæk
82 you ŋuɲ
83 he agala
84 grass čitpam
85 vegetable food moya
86 tree yumbal
87 leaf mala
88 pandanus mæRiɲ
89 ironwood læŋwalakɔ
90 ripe anǰɔlɔŋ
91 good anliwɔ
92 bad awarɔ
93 blind ǰæmiɲɔ
94 deaf awuRïme
95 saliva kïǰaniɲ

References

  1. ^ N25 Warray at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xl.
  3. ^ a b Harvey, Mark (1986). The Waray Language from Adelaide River (Thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5d7638b71997b.
  4. ^ Tryon, Darrell T. "The Daly River Languages: A Survey". In Aguas, E.F. and Tryon, D. editors, Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 3. A-14:21-49. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1968. doi:10.15144/PL-A14.21

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