7-639: Kunjen , or Uw , is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland , Australia, by the Uw Oykangand , Olkola , and related Aboriginal Australian peoples. It is closely related to Kuuk Thaayorre , and perhaps Kuuk Yak . Two of its dialects, Uw Olkola (Olgolo) and Uw Oykangand (Koko Wanggara), are very close, being mutually intelligible and sharing 97% of their core vocabulary . Another two, Ogh-Undjan and Kawarrangg , are also close, but somewhat more distant from
14-475: A spear." Udnga-nhdh spear- INSTR yanganyunyja-rr spear- PST ay I Udnga-nhdh yanganyunyja-rr ay spear- INSTR spear-PST I "I speared it with a spear." Kunjen has 5 vowels : There is a lexical vowel harmony constraint in Kunjen: Close and mid vowels do not co-occur in a word. Kunjen has 27 consonants : The Uw Olkola word for the freshwater crocodile , ogakor ,
21-447: Is highly notable. As in many other Australian languages , such as Dyirbal , Kunjen also has a respect register , which is a polite way of speaking with a potential mother-in-law and is called Olkel-Ilmbanhthi . Most of the vocabulary is replaced, while affixes and function words are kept. Alka-nhdh spear- INSTR idu-rr spear- PST ay I Alka-nhdh idu-rr ay spear- INSTR spear-PST I "I speared it with
28-574: Is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants. Various classifications of the Paman languages exist. The one outlined below is that of R. M. W. Dixon , though he does not accept that these branches are necessarily related to each other. Geographically, running down the east coast, they are: Down the west coast, they are: In the interior, south of Wik, they are: The name Gugu Mini means 'good speech', and has been applied to several languages in
35-624: The Thaypan area. 'Possum language' (Koko-Possum, Gugu Yawa) is another generic name of this area. The unclassified Marrett River language ( † ) was presumably Paman, though distinct from its neighbors, as presumably was Wik Paach ( † ). The Mayabic languages ( † ) to the southwest were once classified as Paman, but have been excluded in Bowern (2011). Alodja may have been another Thaypan / Rarmul Pama language. Wik Paach language Wik Paach (Wikapatja), also known as Abodja ,
42-631: The first pair. Kokinj (Kokiny) is a subdialect of Ogh-Undjan. A fifth variety, Athima , is poorly attested. Below is a table showing the mutual intelligibility in vocabulary between the Kunjen dialects, based on a list of 100 basic words. A small dictionary of Kunjen has been compiled by Philip Hamilton. A great majority of words begin with a vowel (>96%), similar to the situation in distantly-related Arrernte . Exceptions include kinship terms and loanwords. Syllable onsets are thought to be present in all languages , so their absence in native lexicon
49-481: Was used as the name of a tribe on the second season of the American reality television series, Survivor in 2001. This Australian Aboriginal languages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paman languages The Paman / ˈ p æ m ən / languages are an Australian language family spoken on Cape York Peninsula , Queensland . First noted by Kenneth Hale , Paman
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