Narungga language

Not to be confused with the Tulua language, also known as Narung.

Narungga
Region	South Australia
Ethnicity	Narungga people
Extinct	ca. 1936
Revival	1980s; 25 speakers reported in 2016 census, down from 46 in 2011
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Thura-Yura Kadli Narungga
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nnr
Linguist List	nnr
Glottolog	naru1238
AIATSIS	L1
ELP	Narungga

Narungga (also Narangga) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Narungga people in Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. As a result of the colonisation of Australia, the Narungga language fell into disuse within several generations. Nevertheless, Narungga continued to be documented into the 20th century, and the 1980s saw a community reclamation. As a result of revival efforts, the language along with Narungga culture is now being taught around the Yorke Peninsula, from Moonta and Maitland Area Schools to Point Pearce.

Narungga is one of the languages in the Yura group, which includes Nukunu, Kaurna, and Ngadjuri, among others, and belongs to the Pama–Nyungan family.

Phonology

Consonants

		Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
		Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive		b	ɡ	d̪	ɟ	d	ɖ
Nasal	plain	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n	ɳ
	pre-stopped			d̪n̪	ɟɲ	dn	ɖɳ
Tap/Trill						r	ɽ
Lateral	plain			l̪	ʎ	l	ɭ
	pre-stopped			d̪l̪	ɟʎ	dl	ɖɭ
Approximant		w			j		ɻ

• The voiced stops /b, ɡ, d̪, ɟ, d, ɖ/ may be heard as voiceless, when geminated as [pː, kː, t̪ː, cː, tː, ʈː].

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i iː	u uː
Open	a aː

References

• Wanganeen, Tania; Eira, Christina (2006). "Introduction". The Fragments of Budderer's Waddy: A New Narungga Grammar. Maitland, South Australia: Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association, Inc.
• Nharangga Warra: Narungga Dictionary. Maitland, South Australia: Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association, Inc. 2006.