Ngayawung language

Ngayawung (Ngaiawong) is an extinct language of southern South Australia, spoken by the Ngaiawang, Ngaralti and Nganguruku people.

Ngayawung
Lower Riverland
RegionSouth Australia
EthnicityNgaiawang, Ngaralti, Nganguruku
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
  • Ngayawang
  • Nganguruku
  • Ngaralti (Ngaralda)?
Language codes
ISO 639-3nwg
Glottologlowe1402
AIATSIS[1]S7 Ngaiawang, S4 Ngaralti, S6 Nganguruku

The name is also spelled Ngaiyau, Aiawung, Aiawong, Iawung, Nggauaiyowangko; other names are Birta, Pitta, Pieta, Peeita and Meru.

Phonology

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

Vowels
Front Central Back
High i iː u uː
Low a aː

[2]

References
  1. S7 Ngaiawang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. Horgen, Michael (2004). The languages of the Lower Murray. LaTrobe University. pp. 45–56.


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