Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngarigo people of inland far southeast New South Wales.

Ngarigo
Jaitmathang, Walgalu, Southern Inland Yuin
RegionNew South Wales & ACT, Australia
EthnicityNgarigo, Walgalu (Ngambri), Jaitmatang
Extinctby 2006[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
xni  Ngarigo
xjt  Jaitmathang
Glottologsout2770
AIATSIS[2]S46 Ngarigu / Ngarigo, S98 Southern Ngarigu, D62 Canberra language, S47 Walgalu, S43 Gundungerre / Yaithmathang
ELPNgarigu

Yaithmathang (Jaitmathang), also known as Gundungerre, was a dialect.[2]

Phonology

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Consonant sounds
Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Stop b d ɖ ɟ k/ɡ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l ʎ
Rhotic ɾ~r
Approximant w j

Vowels given are /a i u/.[3][4]

References

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  1. Ngarigo at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
    Jaitmathang at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. 1 2 S46 Ngarigu / Ngarigo at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. Koch, Harold (2016). "Documentary sources on the Ngarigu language: the value of a single recording" (PDF). In Austin, Peter K.; Koch, Harold; Simpson, Jane (eds.). Language, Land and Song: Studies in honour of Luise Hercus. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-728-60406-3.
  4. Hercus, L.A. (1969). Victorian languages: A late survey (PDF). Pacific Linguistics. pp. 169–170. doi:10.15144/pl-b77. ISBN 978-0-85883-322-7.