Pallanganmiddang | |
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Waywurru, Eastern Murray | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Victoria |
Extinct | ca. 1800 |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pmd |
Glottolog | pall1243 |
AIATSIS [1] | S89 |
Pallanganmiddang (Balangamida) is an extinct Aboriginal language of the Upper Murray region of the north east of Victoria state.
The language is not highly similar to any other. Minjambuta may have been a dialect. It has been suggested that the language may be slightly similar to Yota-Yota, Dhudhuroa and several Wiradjuri dialects. [2]
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Dental | Palatal | Velar | |
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Stop | p/b | t/d | ʈ/ɖ | t̪/d̪ | c/ɟ | k/ɡ |
Nasal | m | n | (ɳ) | (n̪) | ɲ | ŋ |
Lateral | l | (ɭ) | (l̪) | (ʎ) | ||
Rhotic | r | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels may be /a i u/. [2]
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