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Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia
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Indigenous PeoplePhonologySocial SciencesIndigenous StudyApplied LinguisticsIndigenous LanguageLanguage DocumentationWestern AustraliaLingua FrancaIndigenous HistoryHistorical LinguisticsLinguistic TypologyGrammarLanguage StudiesNhanda Sound PatternsIndigenous LanguagesIndigenous CulturesSketch GrammarExtinct LanguageIndigenous IdentityIndigenous Knowledge SystemsCultural AnthropologyAnthropologyLinguistics
This work presents a sketch grammar of Nhanda, a Pama-Nyungan language of the central coast of Western Australia presently on the verge of extinction. The grammar presents the general features of the language within the Australian context, followed by a study of Nhanda sound patterns.