Mbiywom language

Mbiywom
Mbeiwum
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Mbewum
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Mbiywom
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	mbiy1238
AIATSIS[1]	Y41
ELP	Mbiywom

Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of Cape York and Cook Shire in Far North Queensland.[1][2]

Alternative names

• Bywoom
• Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan
• Kokimoh / Kokinno
• M Berwum
• Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum
• Uradhi[1]

Phonology

Consonants

		Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
		Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	voiceless	p	k	c	t̪	t
	voiced	b	ɡ	ɟ	d̪	d
Fricative		β	ɣ		ð
Nasal		m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	n
Rhotic						r
Approximant		w		j		l	ɻ

Vowels

	Front		Back
High	i	y	u
Mid	e		o
Low	a

[3]

References

1. Y41 Mbiywom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Mbeiwum published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 8 July 2022.
3. Hale, Kenneth (1976). Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages. pp. 20–22.