Pallanganmiddang (Balangamida) is an extinct Aboriginal language of the Upper Murray region of the north east of
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in ...
.
The language is not highly similar to any other.
Minjambuta
The Minjambuta were an Indigenous Australian tribe of northern Victoria.
Language
R. H. Mathews described their language as close to Dhudhuroa, indeed as a dialect of that tongue, but this conflicts with other reports.
Country
The Minjambuta ...
may have been a dialect. It has been suggested that the language may be slightly similar to
Yota-Yota,
Dhudhuroa and several
Wiradjuri
The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, a ...
dialects.
Phonology
Sounds
Vowels may be /a i u/.
Bibliography
* Blake, Barry and Reid, Julie
Pallanganmiddang: A Language of the Upper Murray.''Aboriginal History'', Vol. 23, 1999: 15-31.
References
Gippsland languages
Extinct languages of Victoria (Australia)
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