Ngarigo language

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
ELPNgarigu

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 d̪ 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. ^ a b 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.