Language/Kaurna/Pronunciation/Alphabet

Kaurna is a revived Pama-Nyungan language spoken in parts of South Australia by a small number of people. It was historically spoken in parts of the Adelaide Plains between Crystal Brook and Clare in the north, and Cape Jervis in the south, and just over the Mount Lofty range.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Low	a aː

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Stop	p	k	t̪	c	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n	ɳ
Pre-stopped nasal			d̪n̪	ɟɲ	dn	ɖɳ
Lateral			l̪	ʎ	l	ɭ
Pre-stopped lateral			d̪l̪	ɟʎ	dl	ɖɭ
Tap					ɾ
Trill					r
Approximant	w		j			ɻ