Ngayawung language
Ngayawung | |
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Lower Riverland | |
Region | South Australia |
Ethnicity | Ngaiawang, Ngaralti, Nganguruku |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nwg |
Glottolog | lowe1402 |
AIATSIS[1] | S7 Ngaiawang, S4 Ngaralti, S6 Nganguruku |
Ngayawung (Ngaiawong) is an extinct language of southern South Australia, spoken by the Ngaiawang, Ngaralti and Nganguruku people.
The name is also spelled Ngaiyau, Aiawung, Aiawong, Iawung, Nggauaiyowangko; other names are Birta, Pitta, Pieta, Peeita and Meru.
Phonology
Consonants
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ | |
Rhotic | ɾ~r | ɻ | ||||
Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | |||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː | |
Low | a aː |
References
- ^ S7 Ngaiawang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Horgen, Michael (2004). The languages of the Lower Murray. LaTrobe University. pp. 45–56.
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