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Thalanyji
Thalanyji
Dhalandji
Native to	Australia
Ethnicity	Thalanyji, Yinikutira
Native speakers	6 (2005)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Kanyara–Mantharta Kanyara Thalanyji; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dhl
Glottolog	dhal1245
AIATSIS	W26
ELP	Thalanyji

Thalanyji (also spelt Dhalandji, Thalanyji, and other variations) is an Australian Aboriginal language from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is part of the Kanyara subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan language family.

It is spoken by the Thalanyji people. It is thought to be extinct; there were six speakers of Thalanyji recorded in 2004/5,^[2] but none since.^[3]

According to Peter Austin, Pinikura, Thalanyji, Payungu and Purdana "should probably be classified as belonging to the Kanyara subgroup".^[3]

Phonology

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Stop	b	ɡ	d̪	ɟ	d	ɖ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n	ɳ
Lateral			l̪	ʎ	l	ɭ
Rhotic					r
Approximant	w			j		ɻ

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Low		a aː

References

1 2 W26 Thalanyji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
↑ W26 Thalanyji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
1 2 W34 Binigura/Pinikura at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre; Deak, Eleonora. 2008. Thalanyji sketch grammar : 2008. Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 155pp.

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[AIATSIS-1] 1 2 W26 Thalanyji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[aiatsisthalanyji-2] W26 Thalanyji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[aiatsispinikura-3] 1 2 W34 Binigura/Pinikura at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

References