Giimbiyu language

Giimbiyu is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language isolate once spoken by the Giimbiyu people of northern Australia.

The name Giimbiyu is a Gaagudju word for 'of the stoney country'. It was introduced in Harvey (1992) as a cover term for the named dialects,


 * Mangerr (Mengerrdji)
 * Urningangga (Wuningak) and Erri (Arri)

In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011).

Consonants

 * Coarticulation among consonants is also present.
 * Among consonant-coarticulation, /ɣ/ when preceding sounds /l, ɾ/ may result in being heard as a voiceless palatal [ç].

Vowels

 * /u/ may also be heard as [o].
 * Coarticulation among a preceding /ɪ/, may result in the vowel sound becoming more central [ɪ̈] or as a diphthong [ɪə].

Vocabulary
Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items:


 * {| class="wikitable sortable"

! gloss !! Mangeri !! Uningangk ! man ! woman ! head ! eye ! nose ! mouth ! tongue ! stomach ! bone ! blood ! kangaroo ! opossum ! emu ! crow ! fly ! sun ! moon ! fire ! smoke ! water
 * wurilg || wurig
 * ŋeːn || ŋeːn
 * wiliŋerm || ulŋerb
 * iːm || iːm
 * jingolm || ingolb
 * jagir || indjaːd
 * nindjadj || indjaːd
 * abeɽweɽe || abeɽwe
 * ijerm || mulgud
 * maneŋulm || waija
 * oidjbaɣar || wurulamb
 * muŋaːd || malijarŋ
 * wiwijüw || iwidjiw
 * gagud || gagud
 * muɳimuɳi || maŋanaŋaɳ
 * muɣaːliŋ || indjuwawi
 * järagäl || järagäl
 * wiɽumgarm || widjälim
 * wuŋɛŋg || wuŋɛŋg
 * ogog || ogog
 * }