Wiradjuri language

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Wiradjuri Wirraaydhuurray Wirraayjuurray
Spoken in:	New South Wales
Total speakers:	3 (1981)
Language family:	Pama-Nyungan Wiradhuric Wiradjuri
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`aus`
ISO 639-3:	`wrh`
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Wiradjuri (many other spellings; see Wiradjuri) is a Pama-Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It was the traditional language of the Wiradhuri people of Australia, but is no longer in general use. Wiradjuri Language Wiradjuri language

ANIMALS:
Butterfly: Budyabudya,
Cockatoo: Guwariyan,
Dingo: Yugay,
Emu: Dinawan,
Frog: Gulaangga,
Kangaroo: Wambuwany,
Koala: Burrandhang,
Kookaburra: Gugubarra,
Magpie: Garuu,
Owl: Ngugug,
Platypus: Biladurang,
Possum: Budharng,
Snake: Gadi,
Suger Glider: Gindaany,
Swan: Dhundhu,
Wombat Wambad,
NUMBERS:
Two: Bula,
NOUNS:
Dancing: Waganha,
Digging: Wangarra,
Laughing: Gindanha,
Swimming: Bambinya,
Body Parts:
Hands: Murra

[edit] References

Günther, James (1892). "Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri", in Fraser, John: An Australian Language. Sydney: Government printer, 56–120 of appendix.
Hale, Horatio (1846). "The languages of Australia", Ethnography and philology, Vol VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, New York: Lea and Blanchard, 457–531.
Hosking, Dianne; McNicol, Sally (1993). Wiradjuri. Panther Publishing.
Mathews, R. H. (Jul.–Dec. 1904). "The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 34: 284–305. doi:10.2307/2843103.
McNicol, Sally; Hosking, Dianne (1994). "Wiradjuri", in Nick Thieberger, William McGregor: Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 79–99.