Ngadjuri language
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
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Ngadjuri is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Ngadjuri people of South Australia, whose traditional lands covered roughly 30,000 square kilometres (11,500 mi2), embracing Angaston and Freeling in the south and running northwards to Clare, Crystal Brook, Gladstone up to Carrieton and Orroroo in the Flinders Ranges.
| Ngadjuri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Ethnicity | Ngadjuri people |
| Extinct | by 1975[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jui |
| Glottolog | ngad1257 |
| AIATSIS[1] | L5 |
Phonology
Consonants
- [β] may exist as a possible allophone of /b/, however; it may also be phonemic.
- The voiced stops /b, ɡ, d̪, ɟ, d, ɖ/ may also be heard as voiceless as [p, k, t̪, c, t, ʈ], among speakers.[2]
- The following nasal /n̪, ɲ, n, ɳ/ and lateral sounds /l̪, ʎ, l, ɭ/ may be prestopped as [d̪n̪, ɟɲ, dn, ɖɳ] and [d̪l̪, ɟʎ, dl, ɖɭ] when preceded by a stop consonant.[3]
