Pallanganmiddang language explained

Pallanganmiddang
Also Known As:Waywurru, Eastern Murray
Extinct:ca. 1800
Familycolor:Australian
Iso3:pmd
Aiatsis:S89
Glotto:pall1243
Glottorefname:Pallanganmiddang

Pallanganmiddang (Balangamida) is an extinct Aboriginal language of the Upper Murray region of the north east of Victoria (Australia).

The language is not highly similar to any other. Minjambuta may have been a dialect. It has been suggested that the language may be slightly similar to Yota-Yota, Dhudhuroa and several Wiradjuri dialects.[1]

Phonology

Sounds

Consonant sounds!!Labial!Alveolar!Retroflex!Dental!Palatal!Velar
Stopp/bt/dʈ/ɖt̪/d̪c/ɟ k/ɡ
Nasalmn(ɳ)(n̪)ɲŋ
Laterall(ɭ)(l̪)(ʎ)
Rhoticr
Approximantwj
Vowels may be /a i u/.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Blake . Barry J. . Reid . Julie . 1999 . Pallanganmiddang: a language of the Upper Murray . Aboriginal Languages . 23 . 15–31 .