Wadi Wadi language explained

Wadi-Wadi
Region:	Victoria, New South Wales
Ethnicity:	Wadi Wadi, ?Weki Weki
Extinct:	?
Familycolor:	Australian
Fam1:	Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:	Kulinic
Fam3:	Kulin
Fam4:	Wemba-Wemba^[1]
Fam5:	Madhi–Ladji–Wadi
Iso3:	xwd
Glotto:	wadi1260
Glottorefname:	Wadi Wadi
Dia1:	Piangil
Aiatsis:	D4

Wadi-Wadi is an extinct Indigenous Australian language once spoken in Victoria and New South Wales.

Clark suggests that Jari Jari is a closely related language,^[2] but this name may refer to other languages.^{[3] [4]}

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	t̪	c	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n	ɳ
Rhotic					ɾ~r	ɻ
Lateral					l
Approximant	w			j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e
Low		a

Vowels are heard as [ɪ, ɛ~ə, ɐ, ʊ] when in lax positions.^[5]

Notes and References

1. R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002.
2. Book: Clark, Ian . 1996 . Aboriginal language areas in Victoria: a reconstruction . Melbourne . Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
3. Book: 1998 . Blake . Barry . Reid . Julie . Classifying Victorian languages . Wathawurrung and the Colac language of southern Victoria . B. Blake . Canberra . Pacific Linguistics.
4. MA . Horgen . Michael . 2004 . The languages of the Lower-Murray . La Trobe University.
5. Book: Blake, Barry J. . The Mathi group of languages . Hercus . Luise . Morey . Stephen . Ryan . Edward . Canberra: Pacific Linguistics . 2011.