Bidhawal language

Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other The Bidawal language was an Australian Aboriginal language, either a dialect of or closely related to the Kurnai language, formerly spoken by the Bidhawal.Template:Sfn However, it had borrowed a number of words referring to mammals, birds and celestial bodies from Ngarigo, as well as a smaller number of words from Thawa and Dhudhuroa.Template:Sfn The Bidawal called their own dialect (or ) ("good speech"), and that of the neighbouring Kurnai . The Kurnai, however, called their own dialect mŭk-dhang, and that of the Bidawal kwai-thang ("rough speech").Template:SfnTemplate:Efn According to Alfred William Howitt, Bidhawal is a mixture of Kurnai, Ngarigo and Yuin.

Phonology

Bidhawal consonantsTemplate:Sfn

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	Template:IPA link~Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link~Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link/Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link/Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link~Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link~Template:IPA link
Nasal	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr
Rhotic			Template:IPA link
Lateral			Template:IPA link
Approximant	Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link~Template:IPA link~Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr

Grammar

Pronouns

Pronouns are inflected for person, number, and case. There are no gendered pronouns.

Bidhawal pronounsTemplate:Sfn

			Singular	Dual	Plural
rowspan="4" Template:Vert header	1st person	inclusive	Ngaiu	Ngallu	Ngangun
exclusive		Ngallung		Ngangunnang
2nd person		Ngindu	Ngindubul	Ngindigan
3rd person		Mindha	Mindhabullong	Mindhagullang
rowspan="4" Template:Vert header	1st person	inclusive	Ngaindya	–	–
exclusive		–		–
2nd person		Ngingunna	–	–
3rd person		Ngaianga	–	–

The pronouns for Kurnai (Gūnggaladhang) are vary similar to those for Bidhawal.

Sources

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