Ngarigo language
{{Short description|Extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Australia}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Ngarigo
| altname = Jaitmathang, Walgalu, Southern Inland Yuin
| nativename =
| region = New South Wales & ACT, Australia
| ethnicity = Ngarigo, Walgalu, (Ngambri), Jaitmatang
| extinct = by 2006
| familycolor = Australian
| ref = e19
| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan
| fam2 = Yuin–Kuric
| fam3 = Yuin
| dia1 = Ngarigo
| dia2 = Yaithmatang
| lc1 = xni
| ld1 = Ngarigo
| lc2 = xjt
| ld2 = Jaitmathang
| aiatsis = S46
| glotto = sout2770
| glottorefname = Southern Inland Yuin
| dia3 = Walgalu (Wolgal)
}}
Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngarigo people of inland far southeast New South Wales.
Yaithmathang (Jaitmathang), also known as Gundungerre, was a dialect.
Phonology
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Vowels given are {{IPA|/a i u/}}.{{Cite book |last=Koch |first=Harold |url=https://elpublishing.org/language-land-and-song/ |title=Language, Land and Song: Studies in honour of Luise Hercus |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-728-60406-3 |editor-last=Austin |editor-first=Peter K. |page=150 |chapter=Documentary sources on the Ngarigu language: the value of a single recording |editor-last2=Koch |editor-first2=Harold |editor-last3=Simpson |editor-first3=Jane |chapter-url=https://www.elpublishing.org/docs/6/01/LLS-Chapter-11-Koch.pdf}}{{Cite book |last=Hercus |first=L.A. |url=http://sealang.net/archives/pl/pdf/PL-B77.pdf |title=Victorian languages: A late survey |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |year=1969 |isbn=978-0-85883-322-7 |pages=169-170 |language=en |doi=10.15144/pl-b77}}
References
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{{Pama–Nyungan languages|East}}