Malak-Malak language

Malak-Malak
Yunggor
Region	Northern Territory
Native speakers	43 (2006–2011)^[1]
Language family	Northern Daly (language isolate)
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `mpb` – Malak-Malak `woa` – Tyaraity
AIATSIS^[2]	`N22`, `N10`
Glottolog	`nort1547` (Northern Daly)^[3] `mull1237` (Mullukmulluk)^[4] `tyar1236` (Tyaraity)^[5]

Malak-Malak (also spelt Mullukmulluk, Malagmalag) or Ngolokwangga (Ngolak-Wonga, Ngolok-Wanggar, Nguluwongga) is an Australian Aboriginal language. The Tyaraity (Tyeraty, Kuwema) variety is distinct. It is nearly extinct, with children growing up speaking Kriol instead.

1 Phonology
- 1.1 Vowels
- 1.2 Consonants
2 References

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	ʊ
Close-mid	e
Open-mid	ɛ
Open	a

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal	Apical
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Stop	p	k	c	t
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n
Lateral			ʎ	l
Rhotic				r	ɻ
Semivowel	w		j

References

^ Malak-Malak at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Tyaraity at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
^ Malak-Malak at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Northern Daly". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mullukmulluk". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tyaraity". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Birk, D. B. W. (1976). The MalakMalak language, Daly River (Western Arnhem Land). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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