Worimi language

Worimi language

Infobox Language
name=Worimi
region=New South Wales
iso2=aus
iso3=kda
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Pama-Nyungan
fam2=Central NSW
fam3=Worimi
extinct= It is kept alive by the elders of the Worimi, and young members of the tribe are learning it.

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.

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.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

References

*cite book|first=R. M. W. |last=Dixon | authorlink=R. M. W. Dixon |title=Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2002|id=ISBN-10: 0521473780, ISBN-13: 9780521473781|url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780
*cite journal|last=Enright|first=W. J.|year=1900|title=The Language, Weapons and Manufactures of the Aborigines of Port Stephens, N.S.W.|journal=Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales|volume=34|pages=103–188
*cite book|last=Holmer|first=Nils M.|authorlink=Nils M. Holmer|title=An Attempt towards a Comparative Grammar of Two Australian Languages|year=1966|publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies|location=Canberra

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kda Ethnologue report for language code:kda]


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