Wergaia language


Wergaia or Werrigia is an Aboriginal Australian language in the Wimmera region of north-Western Victoria. The Wergaia language consisted of four distinct dialects: Wudjubalug/Wotjobaluk, Djadjala/Djadjali, Buibadjali, Biwadjali. Wergaia was in turn apparently a dialect of the Wemba Wemba language, a member of the Kulinic branch of Pama–Nyungan. The Aboriginal people were known as the Maligundidj, which means the people belonging to the mali eucalypt bushland which covers much of their territory.

Sounds

The following is the Djadjala dialect.
LabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Stopbdɖɟɡ
Nasalmnɳɲŋ
Rhoticrɽ
Laterall
Approximantwj

Vowels given are /a e i u/.