Garadjari language

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Garadjari (Karajarri, many other spellings; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Karajarri people. The language is a member of the Marrngu subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is spoken along the coast of northwestern Australia.

Name

The name has many spelling variants, including:

  • Garadjari (used by A Grammar of Garadjari)
  • Garadjiri
  • Garadyari
  • Garadyaria
  • Gard'are
  • Karadjeri (used by Ethnologue)
  • Karajarri (used by the Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages and is the spelling selected by the Karajarri people for their native title claims[1][2])
  • Karatjarri (used by Australian Languages)
  • Karatyarri
  • Karrajarra
  • Karrajarri

Kurajarra / Guradjara is sometimes confused with Garadjari, but it appears to have been a separate language.[3]

Phoneme inventory

Garadjari's phoneme inventory is typical of Australian languages, and is identical to the inventories of the other Marrngu languages. There are 17 consonant phonemes.

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Also typical of Australian languages, there are only three vowel phonemes.

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References

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