Worimi language

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Worimi
Spoken in:	New South Wales
Language extinction:	It is kept alive by the elders of the Worimi, and young members of the tribe are learning it.
Language family:	Pama-Nyungan  Central NSW   Worimi    Worimi
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	aus
ISO 639-3:	kda
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Worimi or Gadjang (also spelt Kattang, Kutthung, Gadhang, Gadang) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language. It was the traditional language of the Worimi people, whose descendants now speak English.

Contents 1 Classification 2 Phonology 2.1 Vowels 2.2 Consonants 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Classification

R. M. W. Dixon's 2002 classification groups Worimi and Awabakal together as the Awabagal/Gadjang subgroup of the Central New South Wales group.

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

	Front	Back
High	ɪ iː	ʊ uː
Low	ə aː

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 0521473780, ISBN-13: 9780521473781. 
• Enright, W. J. (1900). "The Language, Weapons and Manufactures of the Aborigines of Port Stephens, N.S.W.". Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 34: 103–188. 
• Holmer, Nils M. (1966). An Attempt towards a Comparative Grammar of Two Australian Languages. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. 

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue report for language code:kda