The location of phrasal stress in Dalabon appears one or two peaks with an initial rise into the first peak at the left edge of the constituent and a final fall at the right edge of the constituent. For example, the word /'cabale/ 'shoulder blade' is often realized as. Such complex codas are not unusual, and all combinations are enumerated as follows (words and translations taken from the dictionary ).ĭalabon has a pattern of eliding unstressed vowels and unstressed syllables. L is a liquid consonant ( lateral or rhotic).The syllable structure of Dalabon is CV(C)(C)(C), or more specifically: Constraints regarding the edges of a phonological word also limit the glottal stop from occurring word-initially. A table containing the vowel phonemes is given below with their orthographic representation (in angle brackets).ĭalabon restricts the trilled and long stops to only occur word-internally. A table containing the consonant phonemes is given below with their orthographic representation (in angle brackets). There are 22 or 23 phonemic consonants in Dalabon, depending on the phonemic status of /h/. However, no significant difference has been found between the two speeches. Speakers recall a distinction between two different types of speech, dalabon-djurrkdjurrk ("fast", "lively") and dalabon-murduk ("articulate"). Given the limited number of Dalabon speakers, the study of dialects has become challenging to investigate. Therefore, the condition of programs is still vulnerable.
Local schools spent years to hold sporadic programs teaching Dalabon, but these operations didn't receive enough governmental support. Its next closest relatives are Rembarrnga, and other languages within the Gunwinyguan family, including Jawoyn, Ngalakgan, Ngandi, Wubuy, and Enindhilyakwa.ĭalabon has no official status. Dalabon belongs to the Gunwinyguan languages branch of the Australian languages, its nearest relatives are Kunwinjku, Kune, Mayali (varieties often grouped together as Bininj Kunwok) and Kunbarlang.
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