| Dhudhuroa | |
| Also Known As: | Victorian Alpine |
| Region: | North-eastern Victoria, Australia |
| Ethnicity: | Dhudhuroa, Djilamatang, ?Minjambuta |
| Extinct: | Early 20th C; Revival 2010s |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Fam2: | Gippsland |
| Iso3: | ddr |
| Aiatsis: | S44 |
| Glotto: | dhud1236 |
| Glottorefname: | Dhudhuroa |
Dhudhuroa is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of north-eastern Victoria. As it is no longer spoken, Dhudhuroa is primarily known today from written material collected by R. H. Mathews from Neddy Wheeler. It has gone by numerous names, including Dhudhuroa, the Victorian Alpine language, Dyinningmiddhang, Djilamatang, Theddora,[1] Theddoramittung, Balangamida, and Tharamirttong. Yaitmathang (Jaitmathang), or Jandangara (Gundanora), was spoken in the same area, but was a dialect of Ngarigu.
Dhudhuroa language is currently undergoing a revival, and is being taught at Bright Secondary College and Wooragee Primary School.[2]
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ (dh) | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/ (rd)) | pronounced as /link/ (dj) | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ (nh) | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/ (rn)) | pronounced as /link/ (ny) | pronounced as /link/ (ng) | |
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ (rr) | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ (y) |
Blake and Reid (2002) suggest that there were possibly two retroflex consonants, but there is not enough evidence for them.
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |