Wemba Wemba language
| Wemba-Wemba | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Central Murray | |
| Region | Victoria |
| Ethnicity | Wemba-Wemba |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
xww – inclusive codeIndividual codes: rnr – Nari-Narirbp – Baraba-Barabaweg – Wergaiaxwt – Wotjobaluk |
| Glottolog |
west2443 incl. Madhi–Ladji–Wadi[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] |
D1 |
Wemba-Wemba is an extinct Indigenous Australian language once spoken along the tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River.
Jardwadjali (with dialects Jagwadjali, Nundadjali, Mardidjali) may be Wemba-Wemba,[3] or may be closer to the Madhi–Ladji–Wadi varieties.
Sounds
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | plain | p | t̪ (th) | t | ʈ (rt) | c (ty) | k |
| voiced | b (b) | d~ɖ (d) | ɟ (dy) | ɡ (g) | |||
| Nasal | m | n~ɲ | ɳ (rn) | ŋ (ng) | |||
| Lateral | l | ɭ (rl) | |||||
| Rhotic | r (rr) | ||||||
| Approximant | w | ɹ~ɻ (r) | j (y) | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | |
| Open | a |
Voiced consonants in italics are used in the consonant combinations. Consonant combinations include: /mb/ /nd/ /ndy/ /n.g/ /rnd/ and /rn.g/. In phonetic form they are pronounced as /mb/ /nd/ /ɲɟ/ /n.ɡ/ /ɳɖ/ and /ɳ.ɡ/.
External links
Wemba Wemba language, alphabet and pronunciation
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Western Victoria [Kulin]". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Wemba-Wemba at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1
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