Eastern Daly
Geographic
distribution
Daly River region, northern Australia
Linguistic classificationMacro-Gunwinyguan ?
  • Eastern Daly
Subdivisions
Glottologeast2374
The Daly languages (color), among the other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

  Eastern Daly

The Eastern Daly languages are an extinct family of Australian aboriginal languages that are fairly closely related, at 50% cognate. They were:

These languages had elements of verbal structure that suggest they may be related to the Macro-Gunwinyguan languages. All are now extinct.[1]

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary items are from Tryon (1968).[2]

no.glossKamorMatngala
1headpuǰæpuǰa
2hairpuǰæmaRpučæmænæŋ
3eyesmiyamdun
4nosečininčinin
5earpiyawuRpeyawuR
6toothŋatŋat
7tongueŋaltïretïreŋænæR
8shouldertæwæRtæwæR
9elbowdændardandar
10handmæmækmæmæk
11breastskuyuŋmœRmœR
12backdætœmdætœm
13bellymænpak
14navelčœdurčœdœR
15heartmændulmamændulma
16urinewurewœre
17excretekœnkœn
18thighčærečære
19legkærærkaR
20kneepœŋgaRpœŋgar
21footmærmær
22skinbaRkarala
23fatmœdlmœdl
24bloodčœrŋuɲčœruŋœɲ
25bonepæčpæč
26mančiǰečije
27womanpamgunkuwarak
28fatherbaŋɔbaŋgač
29motherkilaɲŋɔkidlaŋ
30grandmotherkalaɲŋɔkawoy
31policemančayaččaǰiɲ
32spearkanbekanbe
33woomeralagačlagaɲ
34boomerangčïmbičïmbiččïmbičïmbič
35nullanullamagulbɔyimnalanala
36hair-beltmaRmuŋuR
37canoewænæwænæ
38axemæŋmæŋ
39dilly bagkalankaRaR
40fireyimyim
41smokewænwuŋgɔR
42waterwukwuk
43cloudwœŋpær
44rainbowpululɔypulɔypulɔy
45barramundikœylkœly
46seawuk kučuwoykærætïl
47riverwukpædæRpædæR
48stonepawarpawaR
49groundyurɔyurɔ
50trackčalmær
51dustpuruŋpuruŋ
52sunmœRœRmœrœr
53moonnœdœnnudun
54starnaŋɔmilan
55nightŋoykdiɲŋœyč
56tomorrowpukunuŋneganuŋ
57todayneyœnuŋkamɔ
58bigæluŋɔkunuwaraŋ
59possum
60dogčamarčamaR
61tailčirinčiriɲ
62meatpiɲækpiɲa
63snakepiɲamŋuɲbœr
64red kangaroočayïRčayɛR
65porcupinemïdlkmænɛŋɛč
66emunœwœtnœwœt
67crowwaŋgaRwaŋgaR
68goannaaraɲaRaɲ
69blue tongue lizardpïRirpïRïR
70mosquitowuræŋwœraŋ
71sugar-bagwamæRwæmæR
72campdakdak
73blackwakparawakwaRa
74whitepuŋmatamaRma
75redpirpmapiRpma
76onenæmbayɔnæmbeyɔ
77twopalpmurɔkurinǰeyɔ
78when?anaɲmiyeaneɲïmbediɲ
79what?anǰanuŋanǰa
80who?nuwunnuŋuɲ
81Iŋurɔnuŋŋurɔ
82younuŋgɔrnuŋwaŋare
83hekunakuna
84grasswænwæn
85vegetable foodmæyemiye
86treeyimyim
87leafwurœrdæmbæl
88pandanusčaŋačačaŋača
89ironwoodpawičpawit
90ripedamganepirpma
91goodkunburiɲkunburič
92badkuwarukkuwarɔ
93blindwuɲwuɲ
94deafɲabaɲaba
95salivataktak

See also

References

  1. Evans, 2003, The non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia
  2. 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
  • Tryon, D. T. (1968). "The Daly River languages: a survey". Papers in Australian Linguistics. 3: 21–36.
  • Tryon, D. T. (1974). Daly family languages, Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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