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 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. 1 2 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.
  4. Hercus, Luise A. (1969). The Languages of Victoria: A Late Survey. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 199–200.
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