Bandjalang (Yugumbir)

WALS coordinates: 27° 55′ 12.00″ S, 153° E

spoken in Australia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Bandjalang
Routledge:
  • Bandjalang
Other:
  • Bandjalang (Yugambeh),
  • Yugambeh
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
Consonant Inventories Small
Vowel Quality Inventories Small (2-4)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio Average
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives No voicing constrast
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Other
Uvular Consonants None
Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
Front Rounded Vowels None
Syllable Structure Moderately complex
Tone No tones
Absence of Common Consonants No fricatives
Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
Lexicon
Hand and Arm Different
Finger and Hand Identical