Worimi language
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Worimi | |
|---|---|
| Gadhang | |
| Lower North Coast language | |
| Region | New South Wales |
| Ethnicity | Worimi |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Dialects |
Gadjang (Kattang, Katthang, Gathang)
Worimi (Warimi)
Birbay (Birrpayi)[1]
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kda – inclusive codeIndividual code: xbj – Birrpayi |
| Glottolog | wori1245 (Worimi)[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] | E67* |
Worimi, or Gadjang (also spelt Kattang, Kutthung, Gadhang, Gadang, Gathang) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional language of the Worimi people, whose descendants now speak English.
Classification
Worimi is most closely related to Awabakal, in the Yuin–Kuric group of Pama–Nyungan.
Bowern (2011) considers Gadjang, Worimi, and Birrpayi to be separate languages.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | ɪ iː | ʊ uː |
| Low | ə aː | |
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Stop | Voiceless | p | k | c | t̪ | t | ʈ |
| Voiced | b | ɡ | ɟ | d̪ | d | ||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
| Lateral | l̪ | l | ɭ | ||||
| Flap | r | ɽ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | ||||
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Worimi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Bibliography of Worimi people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Aboriginal Language the Kutthung
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
