Jiwarli language

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Ethnologue shows Jiwarli as an alternate name for the Australian Aboriginal language Mangarla.

{{language 

 |name=Jiwarli
 |familycolor=Australian
 |region=Western Australia
 |iso2=aus|iso3=djl
 |fam1=Pama-Nyungan
 |fam2=South-West
 |fam3=Mantharta
 |extinct=1986

}} Jiwarli (Djwiarli, Tjiwarli) is an Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Western Australia. It is one of the Mantharta languages of the large Southwest branch of the Pama-Nyungan family.

The last native speaker of Jiwarli, Jack Butler, died in April 1986.

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Phonology

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Vowels

Front Back
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Low Template:IPA, Template:IPA
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Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Postalveolar
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Nasal Template:IPA Template:IPA Template:IPA Template:IPA Template:IPA Template:IPA
Lateral Template:IPA Template:IPA Template:IPA Template:IPA
Rhotic Template:IPA Template:IPA
Semivowel Template:IPA Template:IPA
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Phonotactics

Word-initially, only non-apical stops, nasals and glides are allowed; that is, words may only begin with one of Template:IPA. Words may not begin with vowels.

All words end in vowels.

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External links

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