Ngarigo language

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Ngarigo
Jaitmathang Walgalu
Southern Inland Yuin
RegionNew South Wales & ACT, Australia
EthnicityNgarigo, Walgalu, (Ngambri), Jaitmatang
Extinctby 2006[1]
Dialects
  • Yaithmathang
  • Walgalu (Wolgal)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
xni – Ngarigo
xjt – Jaitmathang
Glottologsout2770
AIATSIS[2]S46

Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngarigo people of inland far southeast New South Wales. Yaithmathang (Jaitmathang), also known as Gundungerre, was a dialect.[2]

Phonology

Consonant sounds
Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Stop b d ɖ ɟ k/ɡ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l ʎ
Rhotic ɾ~r
Approximant w j

Vowels given are /a i u/.[3][4]

References

  1. Ngarigo at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
    Jaitmathang at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. 2.0 2.1 S46 Ngarigo at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Koch, Harold (2016). "Documentary sources on the Ngarigu language: the value of a single recording" (PDF). In Austin, Peter K.; Koch, Harold; Simpson, Jane (eds.). Language, Land and Song: Studies in honour of Luise Hercus. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-728-60406-3.
  4. Hercus, L.A. (1969). Victorian languages: A late survey (PDF). Pacific Linguistics. pp. 169–170. doi:10.15144/pl-b77. ISBN 978-0-85883-322-7.