Diyari

Language

Diyari

Family

Australian

Ethnologue

dif

ISO

dif

glottolog_id

dier1241

Nominals table

gloss	layer	erg	abs	acc	loc	all	abl	dat
you.PL	lexeme	yura	yura	yuran̪a	yuraŋu	yuraŋu	yuraŋundu	yuraɳi
you.PL	suffix	zero	zero	n̪a	ŋu	ŋu	ŋundu	ɳi
people.PL	lexeme	kaɳawɭali	kaɳawuɭu	kaɳawuɭan̪a	kaɳawuɭaŋu	kaɳawuɭaŋu	kaɳawuɭaŋundu	kaɳawuɭan̥i
people.PL	suffix	li	zero	n̪a	̥ŋu	̥ŋu	̥ŋundu	ɳi
man's name	lexeme	waʈamaŋkali	waʈamaŋkan̪a	waʈamaŋkan̪a	waʈamaŋkaŋu	waʈamaŋkaŋu	waʈamaŋkaŋundu	waʈamaŋkaɳi
man's name	suffix	li	n̪a	n̪a	ŋu	ŋu	ŋundu	ɳi
boy	lexeme	kankuyali	kanku	kanku	kankun̪i	kankuya	kankundu	kankundu
boy	suffix	yali	zero	zero	n̪i	ya	ndu	ndu

Diyari notes

The lexemes exemplified represent four classes of nouns found in Diyari:

1. Dual and plural 1st and 2nd person pronouns (ex. you.PL)
2. Other pronounds (excepting who/someone); dual and plural common nouns; female personal names (ex. people.PL)
3. Male personal names; pronoun who/someone (ex. man's name)
4. Singular common nouns (ex. boy)

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References

Austin, Peter. 1981. A grammar of Diyari, South Australia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.