Mayi-Kulan language

Mayi-Kulan is an extinct Mayi language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.

Mayi-Kulan and its dialects may be dialects of Ngawun/Wunumara.

Consonants

 * Unlike most other Mayi languages, /l̠ʲ/ in Mayi-Thakurti, and Wunumara is phonemic.

Vocabulary
Below is a basic vocabulary list from Blake (1981).


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! English !! Mayi-Yabi
 * man || pantyil
 * woman || panya
 * mother || yakura
 * father || mutyu
 * head || ngankul
 * eye || mili
 * nose || kunyin
 * ear || pinar
 * mouth || yatyin
 * tongue || ngulan
 * tooth || yatyayin
 * hand || malaru
 * breast || ṯampu
 * stomach || ngapurra
 * urine || kipara
 * faeces || waṉṯu
 * thigh || ṯarru
 * foot || tyana
 * bone || ṯimul
 * blood || kapul
 * dog || yampi
 * snake || tyinyur
 * kangaroo || matyumpa
 * possum || kakuny
 * fish || palpi
 * spider || kupu
 * mosquito || wungkuny
 * emu || tyungkupari
 * eaglehawk || kurriṯala
 * crow || waya
 * sun || maṉṯara
 * moon || kukara
 * star || tyinpi
 * stone || mirnti
 * water || kamu
 * camp || makiya
 * fire || yangu
 * smoke || kumiri
 * food || maṉṯa
 * meat || kaṯi
 * stand || ṯari
 * sit || yini
 * see || ṉama
 * go || wapi
 * get || mantyi
 * hit || puntyi
 * I || ngayu
 * you || yuntu
 * one || kuruny
 * two || pulakara
 * }
 * spider || kupu
 * mosquito || wungkuny
 * emu || tyungkupari
 * eaglehawk || kurriṯala
 * crow || waya
 * sun || maṉṯara
 * moon || kukara
 * star || tyinpi
 * stone || mirnti
 * water || kamu
 * camp || makiya
 * fire || yangu
 * smoke || kumiri
 * food || maṉṯa
 * meat || kaṯi
 * stand || ṯari
 * sit || yini
 * see || ṉama
 * go || wapi
 * get || mantyi
 * hit || puntyi
 * I || ngayu
 * you || yuntu
 * one || kuruny
 * two || pulakara
 * }
 * food || maṉṯa
 * meat || kaṯi
 * stand || ṯari
 * sit || yini
 * see || ṉama
 * go || wapi
 * get || mantyi
 * hit || puntyi
 * I || ngayu
 * you || yuntu
 * one || kuruny
 * two || pulakara
 * }
 * hit || puntyi
 * I || ngayu
 * you || yuntu
 * one || kuruny
 * two || pulakara
 * }
 * one || kuruny
 * two || pulakara
 * }
 * two || pulakara
 * }