Gathang language
Appearance
Worimi | |
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Gadhang | |
Lower North Coast language | |
Region | New South Wales |
Ethnicity | Worimi |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kda – inclusive codeIndividual code: xbj – Birrpayi |
Glottolog | wori1245 Worimi |
AIATSIS[2] | E67* |
Worimi, or Gadjang (also spelt Kattang, Kutthung, Gadhang, Gadang, Gathang) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional language of the Worimi people, whose descendants now speak English.
Classification
Worimi is most closely related to Awabakal, in the Yuin–Kuric group of Pama–Nyungan.
Bowern (2011) considers Gadjang, Worimi, and Birrpayi to be separate languages.
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Back | |
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High | ɪ iː | ʊ uː |
Low | ə aː |
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | t | ʈ | c | k |
voiced | b | d̪ | d | ɟ | ɡ | ||
Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Lateral | l̪ | l | ɭ | ||||
Approximant | ɻ | j | w | ||||
Flap | r | ɽ |
References
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
- ^ E67* Worimi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ This map is indicative only.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
- Enright, W. J. (1900). "The Language, Weapons and Manufactures of the Aborigines of Port Stephens, N.S.W.". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 34: 103–188.
- Holmer, Nils M. (1966). An Attempt towards a Comparative Grammar of Two Australian Languages. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.