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Nyiyaparli
"Nijadali"
Native to	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Bailgu, Niabali
Native speakers	8 (2025)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngayarda Nyiyaparli
Dialects	Palyku Nankilakuthu ('high' or padupadu dialect) Martuyitha ('low' dialect) ?Ngulipartu (self-reported)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xny
Glottolog	nija1241
AIATSIS	A50
ELP	Palyku Nyiyaparli

Nyiyaparli (Nyiyabali, Njijabali, or misspelled Nijadali) is a nearly extinct Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Palyku (Bailko) and Niabali (Jana) people of Western Australia. There is also a formal language register known as padupadu.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	(Alveolo-) palatal	Velar
Plosive	p	t	ʈ ⟨rt⟩	c ⟨j⟩	k
Nasal	m	n	ɳ ⟨rn⟩	ɲ ⟨ny⟩	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Rhotic		ɾ ⟨rr⟩
Approximant		ɹ ⟨r⟩		j ⟨y⟩	w
Lateral		l	ɭ ⟨rl⟩	lʲ ⟨ly⟩

• /ɲ, c, l̠ʲ/ can also be heard as dental [n̪, t̪, l̪] in free variation among speakers, with a possible phonemic distinction.
• Rhotics /ɾ, ɹ/ can be heard in free variation as [r, ɻ] among speakers.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Low		ɐ ⟨a⟩

• /i, u// can be heard as [ɪ, ʊ] within diphthongs.