Ngarigo language

Ngarigo
Jaitmathang, Walgalu, Southern Inland Yuin
RegionNew South Wales & ACT, Australia
EthnicityNgarigo, Walgalu (Ngambri), Jaitmatang
Extinctby 2006
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
xni – Ngarigo
xjt – Jaitmathang
Glottologsout2770
AIATSISS46 Ngarigu / Ngarigo, S98 Southern Ngarigu, D62 Canberra language, S47 Walgalu, S43 Gundungerre / Yaithmathang
ELPNgarigu
Location of Ngarigu/Ngarigo Country in Victoria and New South Wales

Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is an 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.

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/.

References

  1. ↑ Ngarigo at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
    Jaitmathang at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. 1 2 S46 Ngarigu / Ngarigo at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  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.