Garig-Ilgar language

<h2 id="phonology">Phonology</h2>
<h3>Consonant inventory</h3>
<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Peripheral_consonant/1MarVAWV">Peripheral</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Laminal_consonant/EVA0SWmd">Laminal</a></th><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Apical_consonant/L7691gMF">Apical</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Bilabial_consonant/q2H5MUAe">Bilabial</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Velar_consonant/blWClp79">Velar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Palatal_consonant/KLcKyXE8">Palatal</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Alveolar_consonant/B6VkW2EX">Alveolar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Retroflex_consonant/lsBdJD4V">Retroflex</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Plosive/okC9pztc">Plosive</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive/w4M9Igp6">p</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_velar_plosive/dDppVb6e">k</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_palatal_plosive/nBqIqUIS">c</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive/1GaDe2Vy">t</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_retroflex_plosive/o2FrLeV9">ʈ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nasal_consonant/m6D3cVhe">Nasal</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_bilabial_nasal/1pd7NK2x">m</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_nasal/r6v5q92L">ŋ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_palatal_nasal/dLa9YG49">ɲ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_nasal/0CEs8314">n</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_retroflex_nasal/P7M5mWw6">ɳ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Approximant/SXrlw7zY">Approximant</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_labial%E2%80%93velar_approximant/HLDqbrvr">w</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_fricative/ESy9fy1G">ɣ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_palatal_approximant/v0NVCbUh">j</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_retroflex_approximant/TvVxIsqL">ɻ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Trill_consonant/GKS3ga4q">Trill</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_trill/rDplJobc">r</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tap_and_flap_consonants/5SFjKYlX">Flap</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_retroflex_flap/ClIesXP0">ɽ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lateral_consonant/Mcyc1or8">Lateral</a></th><td colspan="2"></td><td>(<a href="/facts/Voiced_palatal_lateral_approximant/95EyBgHm">ʎ</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_approximant/dgbHhqeK">l</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_retroflex_lateral_approximant/LHNtHWAC">ɭ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lateral_flap/f5zRm5rz">Lateral flap</a></th><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_flap/M7k7hU5m">ɺ</a> ⟨ld⟩</td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_retroflex_lateral_flap/QQKG1xon">𝼈</a> ⟨rld⟩</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
</p><p>Unlike many Australian languages, Ilgar does not have <a href="/facts/Laminal_consonant/EVA0SWmd">lamino-alveolars</a>.
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<h3>Vowels</h3>
<p>Evans (1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Ilgar have a three vowel (/a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.
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<table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Front_vowel/htKQs3AT">Front</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Back_vowel/gyHoGCH0">Back</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/High_vowel/Ne6tHQHR">High</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Close_front_unrounded_vowel/rSUdlCPU">i</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_back_rounded_vowel/gqlQLfse">u</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Low_vowel/roS0Y7lA">Low</a></th><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Open_front_unrounded_vowel/s80pvmYh">a</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>

<ul><li>Evans, N. (2007). <i>Pseudo-argument affixes in Iwaidja and Ilgar: a case of deponent subject and object agreement</i>. In M. Baerman, G. G. Corbett, D. Brown, & A. Hippisley (Eds.), Deponency and morphological mismatches (pp. 271–296). Oxford: Oxford University Press.</li>
<li>Evans,N. (1994). <i>Ilgar Field Notes</i>, Recorded from Charlie Wardaga.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Garig-Ilgar language