Here are some words in Yidiny and their English translations:
ɡudaːɡa |
'dog
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buɲa |
'woman
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waɡuːɟa |
'man
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muyubara |
'stranger
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ɡaɟaɡimbaːɡu |
'for a white man
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bamaɡimbal |
'without a person
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bamaːɡu |
'for a person
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bimbiːbi |
'another father
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mulariɡu |
'for an initiated man
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mularini |
'of an initiated man
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buɲaːm |
'from a woman
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ɡudaɡabi |
'another dog
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ɡaɟaɡimbaːm |
'from a white man
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biɲɟiːnɡu |
'for a hornet
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bimbiːn |
'of a father
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muɟam |
'mother
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biɲɟiːnmu |
'from a hornet
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maɟuːrbi |
'another frog
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buɲaɡimbal |
'without a woman
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baɟiɡalni |
'of a tortoise
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ɟuduːlumuɟay |
'with a pigeon
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The mark : indicates that the preceding vowel is long.
(a) Mark the long vowels (if any): |
muɡaɽumu |
from a fishing net
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waŋalɡu |
for a boomerang
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(b) Mark the long vowels (if any) and translate into English:
baman, buɲabi, maɟurmuɟay, muɟamni.
(c) Translate into Yidiny:
of a stranger, for a fishing net, father, from a frog, without a man, of a pigeon, tortoise, without a boomerang.
⚠ The Yidiny language belongs to the Pama-Nyungan family. It is spoken by approx. 150 people in the state of Queensland, Australia. ɟ, ŋ, ɲ, ɽ are consonants.
—Bozhidar Bozhanov, Ivan Derzhanski