Yanyula Phonemes and Orthography
The transliteration of Flint's original transcript employs an orthography based on that used by Kirton & Charlie (1996: 2) and Bradley et al (1992: 41). The correlations between Flint's symbols and the orthographic symbols are as follows (where "flint" refers to the column of symbols used by Flint and "orth" refers to the column of corresponding orthographic symbols).
Consonants
Note that there are more orthographic symbols than there are symbols used by Flint. This is because Flint does not record as many consonant distinctions as the other sources do. The orthographic symbols represent the full phonemic inventory as recognised by Kirton & Charlie (1996) and Bradley et al (1992).
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(Based on Kirton & Charlie 1996:2; and Bradley et al (1992:41)
Vowels
According to Kirton & Charlie (1996), Yanyula has a three vowel system (a, i, u). In general, Flint's transcriptions adhere to this system. However, his transcription seems to be more phonetic than phonemic: there are several apparent occurrences of other vowels in his data. The vowels which appear in Flint's data are:
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Notes on Flint's transcription of the Yanyula data
With only one exception, wulurrindji, Flint records only one type of rhotic in the Yanyula data, represented in his transcription by r. Unlike Kirton (1971), Kirton & Charlie (1996) and Bradley et al (1992), he does not distinguish between a flapped alveolar rhotic (conventionally rr) and a retroflex rhotic (conventionally r). In accordance with Flint's practice, all rhotics (excluding the one exception, written as rr), are written here as r.
Flint does not record any retroflex consonants. In places where other authors record a retroflex, Flint generally records the corresponding alveolar consonant. In some cases Flint writes r where Kirton writes rd.
Flint does not record any palatal consonants. In places where other authors write a palatal consonant, Flint writes the corresponding alveolar consonant.