Ngadjuri language

Ngadjuri
Native toAustralia
RegionSouth Australia
EthnicityNgadjuri people
Extinctby 1975[1]
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3jui
Glottologngad1257
AIATSIS[1]L5

Ngadjuri is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Ngadjuri people of South Australia, whose traditional lands covered roughly 30,000 square kilometres (11,500 mi2), embracing Angaston and Freeling in the south and running northwards to Clare, Crystal Brook, Gladstone up to Carrieton and Orroroo in the Flinders Ranges.

Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive b ɡ ɟ d ɖ
Fricative (β)
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Trill r
Lateral ʎ l ɭ
Approximant w j ɻ
  • [β] may exist as a possible allophone of /b/, however; it may also be phonemic.
  • The voiced stops /b, ɡ, d̪, ɟ, d, ɖ/ may also be heard as voiceless as [p, k, t̪, c, t, ʈ], among speakers.[2]
  • The following nasal /n̪, ɲ, n, ɳ/ and lateral sounds /l̪, ʎ, l, ɭ/ may be prestopped as [n̪, ɟɲ, dn, ɖɳ] and [l̪, ɟʎ, dl, ɖɭ] when preceded by a stop consonant.[3]

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Open a

Notes

  1. ^ a b L5 Ngadjuri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Waria-Read, Pat; Amery, Rob (2009). Ngadjuri wordlist / compiled by Pat Waria-Read. University of Adelaide: Ngadjuri Walpa Juri Lands and Heritage Association.
  3. ^ Berndt, Ronald M.; Vogelsang, T. (1941). Comparative vocabularies of the Ngadjuri and Dieri tribes, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65(1). pp. 1–8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)