Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
Wadi-Wadi |
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Region | Victoria, New South Wales |
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Ethnicity | Wadi Wadi, ?Weki Weki |
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Extinct | (date missing) |
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ISO 639-3 | xwd |
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Glottolog | wadi1260 |
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AIATSIS[2] | D4 |
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ELP | Wadi-Wadi |
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Wadi-Wadi is an extinct Indigenous Australian language once spoken in Victoria and New South Wales.
Clark suggests that Jari Jari is a closely related language,[3] but this name may refer to other languages.[4][5]
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Vowels are heard as [ɪ, ɛ~ə, ɐ, ʊ] when in lax positions.[6]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ D4 Wadi-Wadi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Clark, Ian (1996). Aboriginal language areas in Victoria: a reconstruction. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
- ^ Blake, Barry; Reid, Julie (1998). "Classifying Victorian languages". In B. Blake (ed.). Wathawurrung and the Colac language of southern Victoria. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- ^ Horgen, Michael (2004). The languages of the Lower-Murray (MA). La Trobe University.
- ^ Blake, Barry J.; Hercus, Luise; Morey, Stephen; Ryan, Edward (2011). The Mathi group of languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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