Ngarigo language

Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngarigo people.

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

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
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l ʎ
Rhotic ɾ~r
Approximant w j

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

References

  1. Ngarigo at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
    Jaitmathang at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
  2. S46 Ngarigo at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Ngarigu.
  4. Koch, Harold (2016). Documentary sources on the Ngarigu language: the value of a single recording.
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