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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!Velar

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!Stop

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!Nasal

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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