1. Family: Australian
  2. Genus: Pama-Nyungan

Western Desert (Ooldea)

WALS coordinates: 30° 30′ S, 132° E

spoken in Australia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Western Desert Language
Routledge:
    Other:
    • W. Desert, as spoken at Ooldea
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Consonant Inventories Moderately small
    Vowel Quality Inventories Small (2-4)
    Consonant-Vowel Ratio Moderately high
    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
    Tone No tones
    Absence of Common Consonants No fricatives
    Presence of Uncommon Consonants None