Ngarigo language

Ngarigo
Jaitmathang, Walgalu, Southern Inland Yuin
Region	New South Wales & ACT, Australia
Ethnicity	Ngarigo, Walgalu, (Ngambri), Jaitmatang
Extinct	by 2006 [1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Yuin Ngarigo
Dialects	Ngarigo Yaithmatang Walgalu (Wolgal)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: xni  – Ngarigo xjt  – Jaitmathang
Glottolog	sout2770
AIATSIS [2]	S46
ELP	Ngarigu

Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngarigo people of inland far southeast New South Wales.

Yaithmathang (Jaitmathang), also known as Gundungerre, was a dialect. ^[2]

Phonology

Consonant sounds

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Stop	b	d̪	d	ɖ	ɟ	k / ɡ
Nasal	m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Lateral			l		ʎ
Rhotic			ɾ ~ r
Approximant	w				j

Vowels given are /aiu/. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Ngarigo at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
   Jaitmathang at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
2. S46 Ngarigo at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
3. Koch, Harold (2016). "Documentary sources on the Ngarigu language: the value of a single recording" (PDF). In Austin, Peter K.; Koch, Harold; Simpson, Jane (eds.). Language, Land and Song: Studies in honour of Luise Hercus. p. 150. ISBN   978-0-728-60406-3.
4. Hercus, L.A. (1969). Victorian languages: A late survey (PDF). Pacific Linguistics. pp. 169–170. doi:10.15144/pl-b77. ISBN   978-0-85883-322-7.