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'''Dhuwal''' (also '''Dual''', '''Duala''') is one of the [[Yolŋu languages]] spoken by [[Aboriginal Australians]] in the [[Northern Territory]], Australia. Although all Yolŋu languages are [[mutual intelligibility|mutually intelligible]] to some extent, Dhuwal represents a distinct [[dialect continuum]] of eight separate varieties.
'''Dhuwal''' (also '''Dual''', '''Duala''') is one of the [[Yolŋu languages]] spoken by [[Aboriginal Australians]] in the [[Northern Territory]], Australia. Although all Yolŋu languages are [[mutual intelligibility|mutually intelligible]] to some extent, Dhuwal represents a distinct [[dialect continuum]] of eight separate varieties. In 2019, Djambarrpuyŋu became the first Indigenous language to be spoken in an Australian parliament, when Yolŋu man and member of the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]] [[Yingiya Mark Guyula|Yingiya Guyula]] gave a speech in his native tongue.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-01 |title=Yingiya Mark Guyula makes history, addressing NT Parliament in language |website=National Indigenous Times |url=https://nit.com.au/yingiya-mark-guyula-makes-history-addressing-nt-parliament-in-language/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701133216/https://nit.com.au/yingiya-mark-guyula-makes-history-addressing-nt-parliament-in-language/ |archive-date=1 July 2022 }}</ref>


==Dialects==
==Dialects==
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=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
{| class="IPA wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="IPA wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
|+ <ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Dhuwal (Arnhem Land) texts on kinship and other subjects, with grammatical sketch and dictionary|last=Heath|first=Jeffrey|year=1980|location=Oceania Linguistics Monographs, 23}}</ref>
!colspan=2|
! colspan="2" |[[Peripheral consonant|Peripheral]]
![[bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
! colspan="2" |[[Laminal consonant|Laminal]]
![[lamino-dental consonant|Lamino-<br>dental]]
! colspan="2" |[[Apical consonant|Apical]]
![[apico-alveolar consonant|Apico-<br>alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[glottal consonant|Glottal]]
⚫
|-
⚫
![[retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[lamino-palatal|Lamino-<br>palatal]]
![[velar consonant|Velar]]
![[velar consonant|Velar]]
![[glottal consonant|Glottal]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
⚫
![[retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
|-
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Plosive]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Plosive]]
![[Fortis consonant|Fortis]]
![[Fortis consonant|<small>Fortis</small>]]
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA link|t̪}}
| {{IPA link|t̪}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|c}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
| {{IPA link|ʈ}}
| {{IPA link|ʈ}}
| {{IPA link|c}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ʔ}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|k}}
|rowspan=2| {{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
|-
![[Lenis consonant|Lenis]]
![[Lenis consonant|<small>Lenis</small>]]
| {{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA link|b}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|g}}
| {{IPA link|d̪}}
| {{IPA link|d̪}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɟ}}
| {{IPA link|d}}
| {{IPA link|d}}
| {{IPA link|ɖ}}
| {{IPA link|ɖ}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɟ}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|g}}
|-
|-
!colspan=2|[[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|m}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
| {{IPA link|n̪}}
| {{IPA link|n̪}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
| {{IPA link|ɳ}}
| {{IPA link|ɳ}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
|
|-
|-
!colspan=2|[[Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]
! colspan="2" |[[Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]
|
|
|
|
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɾ}}
|
|
|
|
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɾ}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!colspan=2|[[Glide consonant|Glide]]
! colspan="2" |[[lateral consonant|Lateral]]
|
|
|
|
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɻ}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|j}}
⚫
| {{IPA link|w}}
|
|
⚫
|-
⚫
!colspan=2|[[lateral consonant|Lateral]]
|
|
|
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| {{IPA link|ɭ}}
| {{IPA link|ɭ}}
|
|
⚫
|-
⚫
! colspan="2" |[[Glide consonant|Glide]]
|
|
⚫
| {{IPA link|w}}
⚫
|
| {{IPA link|j}}
|
⚫
| {{IPA link|ɻ}}
|
|
|}
|}
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=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ <ref name=":0" /><ref name="Walker&Zorc1981">{{Cite journal| volume = 5| pages = 109–134| last1 = Walker| first1 = Alan| last2 = Zorc| first2 = David R.| title = Austronesian loanwords in Yolngu-Matha of northeast Arnhem Land| journal = Aboriginal History| date = 1981}}</ref>
!
!
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
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|-
|-
![[High vowel|High]]
![[High vowel|High]]
| {{IPA link|i}} &ensp; {{IPA|iː}}
| {{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}
| {{IPA link|u}} &ensp; {{IPA|uː}}
| {{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}
|-
|-
! [[Low vowel|Low]]
! [[Low vowel|Low]]
|colspan=2| {{IPA link|a}} &ensp; {{IPA|aː}}
|colspan=2| {{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}
|}
|}
Vowel length is contrastive in first syllable only.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Heath |first=Jeffrey |title=Dhuwal (Arnhem Land) texts on kinship and other subjects, with grammatical sketch and dictionary |year=1980 |publisher=University of Sydney |series=Oceania Linguistics Monographs |volume=23 |hdl=2027.42/117643 |hdl-access=free |page=4}}</ref><ref name="Walker&Zorc1981">{{Cite journal |last1 = Walker |first1 = Alan |last2 = Zorc |first2 = David R. |title = Austronesian loanwords in Yolngu-Matha of northeast Arnhem Land |journal = Aboriginal History |volume = 5 |issue=1–2 |pages = 109–134 |date = 1981 |jstor=24045706}}</ref>
Vowel length is contrastive in first syllable only.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Language
! Language
! scope="col" | Example
! Example
! scope="col" | Translation
! Translation
! scope="col" | Type
! Type
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[Pitjantjatjara dialect]] of the [[Western Desert language]]
| [[Pitjantjatjara dialect]] of the [[Western Desert language]]
| {{Lang|pjt|pa'''ṉ'''a}}
| {{Lang|pjt|pa'''ṉ'''a}}
| 'earth, dirt, ground; land'
| 'earth, dirt, ground; land'
| diacritic (underline) indicates the [[retroflex nasal]] ([ɳ])
| diacritic (underline) indicates the [[retroflex nasal]] ([ɳ])
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[Wajarri language|Wajarri]]
| [[Wajarri language|Wajarri]]
| {{Lang|wbv|'''nh'''a'''nh'''a}}
| {{Lang|wbv|'''nh'''a'''nh'''a}}
| 'this, this one'
| 'this, this one'
| digraph indicating the [[Dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals|dental nasal]] ([n̪])
| digraph indicating the [[Dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals|dental nasal]] ([n̪])
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[Yolŋu languages]]
| [[Yolŋu languages]]
| {{Lang|mis|yol'''ŋ'''u}}<!-- Yolŋu languages -->
| {{Lang|mis|yol'''ŋ'''u}}<!-- Yolŋu languages -->
| 'person, man'
| 'person, man'
| ''''[[eng (letter)|ŋ]]'''' represents the [[velar nasal]] (borrowed from the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]])
| {{grapheme|[[eng (letter)|ŋ]]}} represents the [[velar nasal]] (borrowed from the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]])
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 23:39, 14 November 2024

Dhuwal
Dhay'yi
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityDaii, Dhuwal, Dhuwala, Makarrwanhalmirr
Native speakers
4,200 (2021 census)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
Standard forms
  • Dhuwaya
Dialects
  • Gupapuyngu
  • Gumatj
  • Djambarrpuyngu
  • Djapu
  • Liyagalawumirr
  • Guyamirlili
  • Dhalwangu [Dhay'yi]
  • Djarrwark [Dhay'yi]
Yolŋu Sign Language
Official status
Official language in
Northern Territory (as lingua franca for Aboriginal people)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
dwu – Dhuwal
djr – Djambarrpuyngu
gnn – Gumatj
guf – Gupapuyngu
dax – Dayi (Dhay'yi)
dwy – Dhuwaya
Glottologdhuw1248  Dhuwal-Dhuwala
dayi1244  Dayi
AIATSIS[3]N198 Dhuwal, N199 Dhuwala, N118 Dhay'yi
ELPDhuwala
 Liyagalawumirr[4]
 Liyagawumirr[5]
 Dhay'yi[6]

Dhuwal (also Dual, Duala) is one of the Yolŋu languages spoken by Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory, Australia. Although all Yolŋu languages are mutually intelligible to some extent, Dhuwal represents a distinct dialect continuum of eight separate varieties. In 2019, Djambarrpuyŋu became the first Indigenous language to be spoken in an Australian parliament, when Yolŋu man and member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Yingiya Guyula gave a speech in his native tongue.[7]

Dialects

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According to linguist Robert M. W. Dixon,

  • Dialects of the Yirritja moiety are (a) Gupapuyngu and Gumatj;
  • Dialects of the Dhuwa moiety are (b) Djambarrpuyngu, Djapu, Liyagalawumirr, and Guyamirlili (Gwijamil).
  • In addition, it would appear that the Dhay'yi (Dayi) dialects, (a) Dhalwangu and (b) Djarrwark, are part of the same language.[8]

Ethnologue divides Dhuwal into four languages, plus Dayi and the contact variety Dhuwaya (numbers are from the 2006 census.[citation needed]):

  • Dhuwal proper, Datiwuy, Dhuwaya, Liyagawumirr, Marrangu, and Djapu: 600 speakers
  • Djampbarrpuyŋu, 2,760 speakers
  • Gumatj, 240 speakers
  • Gupapuyngu, 330 speakers
  • Dhay'yi (Dayi) and Dhalwangu, 170 speakers

Dhuwaya is a stigmatised contact variant[clarification needed] used by the younger generation in informal contexts, and is the form taught in schools, having replaced Gumatj ca. 1990.[citation needed]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Peripheral Laminal Apical Glottal
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive Fortis p k t̪ c t ʈ ʔ
Lenis b g d̪ ɟ d ɖ
Nasal m ŋ n̪ ɲ n ɳ
Tap ɾ
Lateral l ɭ
Glide w j ɻ

Vowels

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Front Back
High i iː u uː
Low a aː

Vowel length is contrastive in first syllable only.[9][10]

Orthography

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Main article: Transcription of Australian Aboriginal languages

Probably every Australian language with speakers remaining has had an orthography developed for it, in each case in the Latin script. Sounds not found in English are usually represented by digraphs, or more rarely by diacritics, such as underlines, or extra symbols, sometimes borrowed from the International Phonetic Alphabet. Some examples are shown in the following table.

Language Example Translation Type
Pitjantjatjara dialect of the Western Desert language paṉa 'earth, dirt, ground; land' diacritic (underline) indicates the retroflex nasal ([ɳ])
Wajarri nhanha 'this, this one' digraph indicating the dental nasal ([n̪])
Yolŋu languages yolŋu 'person, man' ⟨ŋ⟩ represents the velar nasal (borrowed from the International Phonetic Alphabet)

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ djr Ethnologue
  3. ^ N198 Dhuwal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  4. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Liyagalawumirr.
  5. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Liyagawumirr.
  6. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Dhay'yi.
  7. ^ "Yingiya Mark Guyula makes history, addressing NT Parliament in language". National Indigenous Times. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  8. ^ Dixon, Robert M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
  9. ^ Heath, Jeffrey (1980). Dhuwal (Arnhem Land) texts on kinship and other subjects, with grammatical sketch and dictionary. Oceania Linguistics Monographs. Vol. 23. University of Sydney. p. 4. hdl:2027.42/117643.
  10. ^ Walker, Alan; Zorc, David R. (1981). "Austronesian loanwords in Yolngu-Matha of northeast Arnhem Land". Aboriginal History. 5 (1–2): 109–134. JSTOR 24045706.
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