Dhudhuroa language

{{short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Dhudhuroa

| altname = Victorian Alpine

| region = North-eastern Victoria, Australia

| ethnicity = Dhudhuroa, Djilamatang, ?Minjambuta

| extinct = Early 20th century

| revived = 2010s

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

| fam2 = Gippsland

| iso3 = ddr

| aiatsis = S44

| glotto = dhud1236

| glottorefname = Dhudhuroa

}}

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. It has gone by numerous names, including Dhudhuroa, the Victorian Alpine language, Dyinningmiddhang, Djilamatang, Theddora,Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, volume 75, page 324: It is obvious that the two, the Theddora and the Dhudhuroa, are the same. Theddoramittung, Balangamida, and Tharamirttong. Yaitmathang (Jaitmathang), or Jandangara (Gundanora), was spoken in the same area, but was a dialect of Ngarigu.

Dhudhuroa language is currently undergoing a revival, and is being taught at Bright Secondary College and Wooragee Primary School.{{cite news |last=Jacks |first=Timna |date=10 October 2015 |title=VCE Indigenous language students awaken 'sleeping' Dhudhuroa tongue |url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/vce-indigenous-language-students-awaken-sleeping-dhudhuroa-tongue-20151008-gk4vai.html |newspaper=The Age |access-date=21 June 2019}}