Mbabaram
Mbabaram proper noun: an extinct ergative Australian aboriginal language of the Southern Pama branch of the large Pama-Nyungan family of languages.
Proper noun
Mbabaram
- An extinct ergative Australian aboriginal language of the Southern Pama branch of the large Pama-Nyungan family of languages.
- Four years later, when I was spending a year at Harvard and first met Ken Hale, he pointed out that the e and o had developed in Mbabaram in the same sort of way as in some languages he had worked on from further up the Cape York Peninsula.2006 January 12, “DIXON: THE WORD FOR DOG.”, in Languagehat
Forms of Mbabaram
| alternative form | Mbara |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Barbaram |
| alternative form | Barbarem |
| alternative form | Bar-barum |
| alternative form | Balbarum |
| alternative form | Boobu-ram |
| alternative form | Mogmbabarum |
| alternative form | Umbarbarem |
| alternative form | Oombarbarum |
| alternative form | Wumbabaram |
| alternative form | Woombarbarram |
| alternative form | Woombarrmbarra |
Questions about Mbabaram
- What does Mbabaram mean?
- Mbabaram means an extinct ergative Australian aboriginal language of the Southern Pama branch of the large Pama-Nyungan family of languages.
- What part of speech is Mbabaram?
- Mbabaram is a proper noun.
Words near Mbabaram in the dictionary
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