| Language name: | WESTERN DESERT |
| UPSID number: | 8360 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Australian, Pama-Nyungan |
| This language has | 20 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.457982262 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p t t. k m n n. N l l. r.A j w r[ i a u t_ l_ n_ |
| Comment: | Palato-alveolars ("alveo-dentals") vary dialectally with dentals. |
| Source(s): | Douglas, W.H. 1955. Phonology of the Australian aboriginal language spoken at Ooldea, South Australia, 1951-1952. Oceania 25: 216-29. Douglas, W.H. 1964. An Introduction to the Western Desert Language (Oceania Linguistic Monographs 4, revised ed.). University of Sydney, Sydney. |