ISO 639-3 djd | Dialects Ngaliwuru | |
Native speakers 27 (2005) to 130 (2006 census) Language family MirndiYirramJaminjung | ||
Jaminjung is Australian language spoken around the Victoria River in the Northern Territory of Australia. There seems to be a steady increase in the number of speakers of the language with very few people speaking the language in 1967, about 30 speakers in 1991, and between 50 and 150 speakers in 2000.
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Vowels
Jaminjung has 4 vowels:
Vowel length is not distinctive. Also, it should be noted that the close-mid vowel /e/ only appears in a small number of words, and is probably a loan from surrounding languages.
Consonants
Jaminjung has 18 consonants:
References
Jaminjung language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA