Pallanganmiddang language

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Pallanganmiddang (Balangamida) is an extinct Aboriginal language of the Upper Murray region of the north east of Victoria (Australia).

Pallanganmiddang
Waywurru, Eastern Murray
Native toAustralia
Extinctca. 1800
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3pmd
Glottologpall1243
AIATSIS[1]S89

The language is not highly similar to any other. Minjambuta may have been a dialect. It has been suggested that the language may be slightly similar to Yota-Yota, Dhudhuroa and several Wiradjuri dialects.[2]

Phonology

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Sounds

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Consonant sounds
Labial Alveolar Retroflex Dental Palatal Velar
Stop p/b t/d ʈ/ɖ t̪/d̪ c/ɟ k/ɡ
Nasal m n (ɳ) (n̪) ɲ ŋ
Lateral l (ɭ) (l̪) (ʎ)
Rhotic r
Approximant w j

Vowels may be /a i u/.[2]

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ S89 Pallanganmiddang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ a b Blake, Barry J.; Reid, Julie (1999). "Pallanganmiddang: a language of the Upper Murray". Aboriginal Languages. 23: 15–31.