Djadjawurrung language

Djadjawurrung (also Jaara, Ngurai-illam-wurrung) is an Aboriginal Australian language spoken by the Dja Dja Wurrung people of the Kulin nation of central Victoria. Djadjawurrung was spoken by 16 clans around Murchison, the central highlands region, east to Woodend, west to the Pyrenees, north to Boort and south to the Great Dividing Range.It is now extinct.^[3]

Djadjawurrung
Region	Victoria
Ethnicity	Dja Dja Wurrung people
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Kulinic Kulin Wemba-Wemba[1] Djadjawurrung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dja
Glottolog	None
AIATSIS[2]	S31.1
The five Kulin nations. Djadjawurrung is in the northwest in blue.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Stop	⟨p⟩ p	⟨t⟩ t	⟨rt⟩ ʈ	⟨tj⟩, ⟨yt⟩ c[a]	⟨k⟩ k
Nasal	⟨m⟩ m	⟨n⟩ n	⟨rn⟩ ɳ	⟨ny⟩, ⟨yn⟩ ɲ[a]	⟨ng⟩ ŋ
Lateral		⟨l⟩ l	⟨rl⟩ ɭ	⟨ly⟩, ⟨yl⟩ ʎ[a]
Rhotic		⟨rr⟩ r	⟨r⟩ ɽ[b]
Approximant	⟨w⟩ w			⟨y⟩ j

1. The spellings ⟨ny⟩ and ⟨ly⟩ are spelled as ⟨yn⟩ and ⟨yl⟩ in syllable-final position, ⟨tj⟩ can also be spelled ⟨yt⟩ if it is an unreleased stop (it is simply spelt as ⟨tj⟩ released).
2. The retroflex rhotic may be an approximant [ɻ], or a flap [ɽ].

Vowels

There are four vowels noted: /i e a u/. They may also be phonetically written as [i ɛ~e a ʊ~u].^[4][5]

References

1. R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1
2. S31.1 Djadjawurrung at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
3. Anonymous (26 July 2019). "S31.1: Dja Dja Wurrung". collection.aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
4. Blake, Barry J. "Dialects of Western Kulin, Western Victoria Yartwatjali, Tjapwurrung, Djadjawurrung" (PDF). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
5. Blake, Barry. 2016

External links

• Bibliography of Djadja Wurrung people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Dialects of Western Kulin, Western Victoria Yartwatjali, Tjapwurrung, Djadjawurrung