| Wagaydyic | |
| Region: | Daly River |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Family: | Northern Daly ? |
| Child1: | Wadjiginy (Wagaydy) |
| Child2: | Kandjerramalh (Pungupungu) |
| Glotto: | none |
| Glotto2: | wadj1254 |
| Glottoname2: | covered by Wadjiginy |
| Glottorefname2: | Wadjiginy |
The Wagaydyic languages (nowadays more often referred to as the Anson Bay languages[1]) are a pair of closely related but otherwise unclassified Australian Aboriginal languages: the moribund Wadjiginy (also known as Wagaydy and Batjamalh) and the extinct Kandjerramalh (Pungupungu).
Tryon (1980) notes that the two languages are 79% cognate based on a 200-item wordlist, but there are serious grammatical differences that prevent them from being considered dialects of a single language.[2]
The unattested Giyug may have been a dialect of Wadjiginy or otherwise related.
The Wagaydyic languages have previously been classified with Malak-Malak into a Northern Daly family, but similarities appear to be due to lexical and morphological borrowing from Malak-Malak, at least in Wadjiginy.
The following basic vocabulary items of Wadjiginy and Pungupungu are from Tryon (1968).[3]
| no. | gloss | Pungupungu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | head | biǰæ | pœǰæ | |
| 2 | hair | mæræbiǰæ | mæræpœǰæ | |
| 3 | eyes | mibæ | mibæ | |
| 4 | nose | wiǰa | wuǰæ | |
| 5 | ear | bibara | pibæræ | |
| 6 | tooth | diRæ | diRæ | |
| 7 | tongue | ŋadal | ŋadal | |
| 8 | shoulder | čælmæ | čælmæ | |
| 9 | elbow | čin | čin | |
| 10 | hand | ŋælæ | ŋælæ | |
| 11 | breasts | wiŋ | wïŋ | |
| 12 | back | bæbæra | raɲ | |
| 13 | belly | dawara | wunæ | |
| 14 | navel | ǰœrač | čœrač | |
| 15 | heart | čœnmanaǰ | dœpmadœpma | |
| 16 | urine | kæwælæč | kawalač | |
| 17 | excrete | guk | kuk | |
| 18 | thigh | bælæm | pædlæm | |
| 19 | leg | kæræl | kæræl | |
| 20 | knee | karaŋok | miraŋok | |
| 21 | foot | čœt | čœt | |
| 22 | skin | yæræɲ | yæræɲ | |
| 23 | fat | wudæwæl | wœdawæl | |
| 24 | blood | kawæɲ | kawaɲ | |
| 25 | bone | bwik | bwik | |
| 26 | man | ŋanaŋ | ŋanaŋ | |
| 27 | woman | ŋawolaŋ | ŋawalaŋ | |
| 28 | father | bapa | papalak | |
| 29 | mother | kalaŋ | kalaŋ | |
| 30 | grandmother | makaŋ | æčæ | |
| 31 | policeman | wænæn | dukmækæ | |
| 32 | spear | wælæra | wælæræ | |
| 33 | kalan | kalan | ||
| 34 | wiɲiŋgiɲ | wïɲïŋgïɲ | ||
| 35 | langur | langur | ||
| 36 | hair-belt | bulkaŋ | pulkaŋ | |
| 37 | canoe | wutïŋge | winæ | |
| 38 | axe | ličpuruk | ličpurp | |
| 39 | wargade | waRgade | ||
| 40 | fire | wiɳ | win | |
| 41 | smoke | wïɳgal | wungæl | |
| 42 | water | wiyïk | wik | |
| 43 | cloud | guk | pærk | |
| 44 | rainbow | banaŋak | pulipuli | |
| 45 | pænŋat | pænŋæt | ||
| 46 | sea | ŋalgïn | ŋalgïn | |
| 47 | river | čakaR | wikmagat | |
| 48 | stone | maŋ | maŋ | |
| 49 | ground | wut | wut | |
| 50 | track | kal | kæl | |
| 51 | dust | bœnaŋ | pœnaŋ | |
| 52 | sun | gæyïk | kayïk | |
| 53 | moon | kara | kalakkalak | |
| 54 | star | mœrtæ | mœrta | |
| 55 | night | ŋuraǰa | ŋurïnǰe | |
| 56 | tomorrow | yiɲmæk | yiɲmæk | |
| 57 | today | ŋaR | ŋær | |
| 58 | big | pamalaŋ | pamalaŋ | |
| 59 | čædæræč | čaǰɛdač | ||
| 60 | dog | moyiɲ | moyiɲ | |
| 61 | tail | kalpæ | kælpæ | |
| 62 | meat | mæǰæm | mæǰæm | |
| 63 | snake | kulgamalaŋ | walan | |
| 64 | muǰ | kænga | ||
| 65 | porcupine | nïminïŋač | mænɛŋɛč | |
| 66 | ŋœrœn | ŋœrœčul | ||
| 67 | crow | wak | wak | |
| 68 | ŋaran | ŋaran | ||
| 69 | bwikmidaŋ | wirič | ||
| 70 | mosquito | wœRaŋ | wœraŋ | |
| 71 | sugar-bag | činæɲ | činiɲ | |
| 72 | camp | rak | ræk | |
| 73 | black | kalalk | kalalk | |
| 74 | white | baybaymalaŋ | baybaymalaŋ | |
| 75 | red | wïrewïre | wurewure | |
| 76 | one | ŋanǰič | ŋanǰič | |
| 77 | two | bakatamalaŋ | parkataŋgæɲ | |
| 78 | when? | ænæɲ | anikinæ | |
| 79 | what? | ɲinič | ɲinič | |
| 80 | who? | naga | naga | |
| 81 | I | ŋaǰa | ŋæǰæ | |
| 82 | you | kænæ | kænæ | |
| 83 | he | ǰamoyič | čamoyič | |
| 84 | grass | wœrak | wœrak | |
| 85 | vegetable food | mænæɲ | mænæɲ | |
| 86 | tree | wiɳ | wiɳ | |
| 87 | leaf | kalkal | kalkal | |
| 88 | ɲïŋarač | nurač | ||
| 89 | mælæ | mælæ | ||
| 90 | ripe | baramuŋ | paramuŋ | |
| 91 | good | čarakɔ | čarakɔ | |
| 92 | bad | čalkma | čalkma | |
| 93 | blind | kulyuk | kuluk | |
| 94 | deaf | ŋamama | ŋamama | |
| 95 | saliva | wudak | wudak |