Djadjawurrung language explained

Djadjawurrung
Region:Victoria
Ethnicity:Dja Dja Wurrung people
Extinct:?
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Kulinic
Fam3:Kulin
Fam4:Wemba-Wemba[1]
Iso3:dja
Glotto:none
Aiatsis:S31.1
Map:Kulin Map.PNG
Mapcaption:The five Kulin nations. Djadjawurrung is in the northwest in blue.

Djadjawurrung (also Jaara, Ngurai-illam-wurrung) is an Aboriginal Australian language spoken by the Dja Dja Wurrung people of the Kulin nation of central Victoria. Djadjawurrung was spoken by 16 clans around Murchison, the central highlands region, east to Woodend, west to the Pyrenees, north to Boort and south to the Great Dividing Range.It is now extinct.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Stop(p) pronounced as /ink/(t) pronounced as /ink/(rt) pronounced as /ink/(tj), (yt) pronounced as /ink/(k) pronounced as /ink/
Nasal(m) pronounced as /ink/(n) pronounced as /ink/(rn) pronounced as /ink/(ny), (yn) pronounced as /ink/(ng) pronounced as /ink/
Lateral(l) pronounced as /ink/(rl) pronounced as /ink/(ly), (yl) pronounced as /ink/
Rhotic(rr) pronounced as /ink/(r) pronounced as /ink/
Approximant(w) pronounced as /ink/(y) pronounced as /ink/

Vowels

There are four vowels noted: pronounced as //pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link///. They may also be phonetically written as pronounced as /[{{IPAplink|i}} {{IPAplink|ɛ}}~{{IPAplink|e}} {{IPAplink|a}} {{IPAplink|ʊ}}~{{IPAplink|u}}]/.[3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  2. Web site: Anonymous . 2019-07-26 . S31.1: Dja Dja Wurrung . 2024-01-17 . collection.aiatsis.gov.au . en.
  3. Web site: Dialects of Western Kulin, Western Victoria Yartwatjali, Tjapwurrung, Djadjawurrung. Blake. Barry J.. 2017-03-03.
  4. Blake, Barry. 2016