| Djadjawurrung | |
|---|---|
| Region | Victoria |
| Ethnicity | Dja Dja Wurrung people |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dja |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[2] | S31.1 |
The five Kulin nations. Djadjawurrung is in the northwest in blue. | |
Djadjawurrung (alsoJaara,Ngurai-illam-wurrung) is anAboriginal Australian language spoken by theDja Dja Wurrung people of theKulin nation of centralVictoria. Djadjawurrung was spoken by 16 clans aroundMurchison, the central highlands region, east to Tylden, west to the Pyrenees, north to Boort and south to theGreat Dividing Range. It is now extinct.[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | ⟨p⟩p | ⟨t⟩t | ⟨rt⟩ʈ | ⟨tj⟩,⟨yt⟩c[a] | ⟨k⟩k |
| Nasal | ⟨m⟩m | ⟨n⟩n | ⟨rn⟩ɳ | ⟨ny⟩,⟨yn⟩ɲ[a] | ⟨ng⟩ŋ |
| Lateral | ⟨l⟩l | ⟨rl⟩ɭ | ⟨ly⟩,⟨yl⟩ʎ[a] | ||
| Rhotic | ⟨rr⟩r | ⟨r⟩ɽ[b] | |||
| Approximant | ⟨w⟩w | ⟨y⟩j |
There are four vowels noted:/ieau/. They may also be phonetically written as[iɛ~eaʊ~u].[4][5]
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