Nakkara language
Maningrida language spoken in Australia
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Nakkara (Na-kara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nagara people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
| Nakkara | |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Nagara people |
Native speakers | 55 (2021 census)[1] |
Macro-Gunwinyguan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nck |
| Glottolog | naka1260 |
| AIATSIS[2] | N80 |
| ELP | Nakara |
It is also spelled Nakara or Nagara and also called Kokori.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Apical | Laminal | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
| Stop | b | d | ɖ | ɟ | g |
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ |
| Lateral | l | ɭ | |||
| Rhotic | r/ɾ | ɽ | |||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||
Stops have both voiced and voiceless allophones, depending on their position in the word. Furthermore, a stop length variation is present, which is only contrastive in morpheme-medial positions. This can be interpreted as either gemination, or as evidence for the existence of two separate stop series, with a suprasegmental hypothesis being mostly ruled out.
The tapped and trilled allophones of /r/ are in free variation.[3]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
