Dhudhuroa language
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
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Dhudhuroa is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of north-eastern Victoria. As it is no longer spoken, Dhudhuroa is primarily known today from written material collected by R. H. Mathews from Neddy Wheeler.[2] It has gone by numerous names, including Dhudhuroa, the Victorian Alpine language, Dyinningmiddhang, Djilamatang, Theddora,[3] Theddoramittung, Balangamida, and Tharamirttong. Yaitmathang (Jaitmathang), or Jandangara (Gundanora), was spoken in the same area, but was a dialect of Ngarigu.[1]
The Dhudhuroa language is currently undergoing a revival, and is being taught at Bright Secondary College and Wooragee Primary School.[4]
Phonology
Consonants
Blake and Reid (2002) suggest that there were possibly two retroflex consonants, but there is not enough evidence for them.[5]
Vowels
Grammar
Nouns are inflected for number, gender and case.
There are three numbers, the singular, dual and plural.[6]
