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Ngaygungu language

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Ngaygungu (also known as Ngȋ-koong-ō[3]) is a sleeping,[4] Australian Aboriginal language originally spoken by the Ngaygungyi, for which a wordlist was recorded from Atherton in the Wet Tropics of Queensland by Walter Edmund Roth in October 1898,[3] later also recorded by Norman Barnett Tindale in 1938, but no longer spoken by any living speakers.[2]

NativetoAustralia
Extinctlast attested 1938[1]
Pama–Nyungan ?
  • (unclassified, probably Maric)[2]
    • Ngaygungu
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Ngaygungu
aka Ngȋ-koong-ō
Native toAustralia
RegionQueensland
Extinctlast attested 1938[1]
Pama–Nyungan ?
  • (unclassified, probably Maric)[2]
    • Ngaygungu
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
AIATSIS[1]Y216
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Phonology

Vowels

Ngȋ-koong-ō has the following vowels[3]

ăāȃĕēĭīȋŏōoo

each pronounced as in English were the English vowels a, e, i, o to be marked[3] for length.

Consonants

Ngȋ-koong-ō has twelve consonants as follows:[3]

bchgjkmnnyngrty

each pronounced as they would be in English.

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