Pallanganmiddang language

Pallanganmiddang
Waywurru, Eastern Murray
Native to	Australia
Extinct	ca. 1800
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Gippsland Pallanganmiddang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pmd
Glottolog	pall1243
AIATSIS[1]	S89

Pallanganmiddang (Balangamida) is an extinct Aboriginal language of the Upper Murray region of the north east of Victoria (Australia).

The language is not highly similar to any other. Minjambuta may have been a dialect. It has been suggested that the language may be slightly similar to Yota-Yota, Dhudhuroa and several Wiradjuri dialects.^[2]

Phonology

Sounds

Consonant sounds

	Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Dental	Palatal	Velar
Stop	p/b	t/d	ʈ/ɖ	t̪/d̪	c/ɟ	k/ɡ
Nasal	m	n	(ɳ)	(n̪)	ɲ	ŋ
Lateral		l	(ɭ)	(l̪)	(ʎ)
Rhotic		r
Approximant	w				j

Vowels may be /a i u/.^[2]

Bibliography

• Blake, Barry and Reid, Julie. Pallanganmiddang: A Language of the Upper Murray. Aboriginal History, Vol. 23, 1999: 15-31.

References

1. S89 Pallanganmiddang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. Blake, Barry J.; Reid, Julie (1999). "Pallanganmiddang: a language of the Upper Murray". Aboriginal Languages. 23: 15–31.