Djadjawurrung language

Djadjawurrung (also Jaara, Ngurai-illam-wurrung) is an Aboriginal Australian language spoken by the Dja Dja Wurrung people of the Kulin nation of central Victoria. Djadjawurrung was spoken by 16 clans around Murchison, the central highlands region, east to Tylden, west to the Pyrenees, north to Boort and south to the Great Dividing Range. It is now extinct.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

There are four vowels noted: . They may also be phonetically written as .

References

External links

• Bibliography of Djadja Wurrung people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Dialects of Western Kulin, Western Victoria Yartwatjali, Tjapwurrung, Djadjawurrung