Djadjawurrung (also Jaara, Ngurai-illam-wurrung) is an
Aboriginal Australian language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
spoken by the
Dja Dja Wurrung people
Dja Dja Wurrung (Pronounced Ja-Ja-war-rung), also known as the Djaara or Jajowrong people and Loddon River tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people who are the Traditional owners of lands including the watersheds of the Loddon and Avoca rive ...
of the
Kulin Kulin may refer to:
Places
*Kulin, Western Australia, a small town in Australia
** Shire of Kulin, a local government area
*Kulin, Iran, a village near Tehran
*Kulin, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, a village in south-west Poland
*Kulin, Kuyavian-Pome ...
nation of central
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
. Djadjawurrung was spoken by 16 clans around
Murchison, the central highlands region, east to Woodend, west to the Pyrenees, north to Boort and south to the
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
There are four vowels noted: . They may also be phonetically written as .
[Blake, Barry. 2016]
References
External links
Bibliography of Djadja Wurrung people and language resources at the
Dialects of Western Kulin, Western Victoria Yartwatjali, Tjapwurrung, Djadjawurrung
Kulin languages
Extinct languages of Victoria (Australia)
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