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Pallanganmiddang language
Pallanganmiddang (Waywurru, Waveroo) is an extinct, poorly-attested Aboriginal language of the Upper Murray region of the northeast of Victoria, that was spoken by the Pallanganmiddang people.
Many tribe and language names in the area end in a suffix variously spelt -matong, -middang, -mirttong, -mathang, and -mittung; this suffix may have an etymological association with "speech" or "tongue" (compare Western Australian language Kalaamaya's midhany "tongue", likely a cognate), and, in Pallanganmiddang's case, seems to denote an ethnonym.
Pallanganmiddang has been alternatively known as Balangamida, Pallangahmiddang, Pal-ler an mitter, Wavaroo, Wave Veroo, Waveroo, Wayyourong, Wayyouroo, Wayerroo, Waywurru, Weeerroo and Weeherroo.
Although it was a Pama-Nyungan language, Pallanganmiddang was likely quite distinct from its neighbouring languages, such as Dhudhuroa, Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri; its percentage of shared vocabulary with its neighbours is very low. The only exception is a purported language mentioned in an 1899 list titled "Barwidgee, Upper Murray", with which Pallanganmiddang shares 39% of its vocabulary. This source may actually show a dialect of Dhudhuroa spoken near the border of Pallanganmiddang territory, or it may be conflating two languages, although the list's use of words not native to the area suggests its lack of reliability.
Despite its seeming lack of closeness to neighbouring languages, Pallanganmiddang does contain many roots familiar in Aboriginal languages such as nha- "to see", and yan- "to go".
There are only four primary source documents on the language: a vocabulary of 46 words from 1878 and a vocabulary of 109 words from 1886, a vocabulary of 341 words of unclear date, and a vocabulary of 63 words from 1900, which, taken together, provide a list of more than 300 words.
The consonant inventory was probably the same as in neighbouring languages. The following table shows the maximum inventory, with sounds not directly attested being shown in brackets:
The following table shows consonants in both initial and intervocalic form; note the differences between the voiced and voiceless plosives:
Pallanganmiddang language
Pallanganmiddang (Waywurru, Waveroo) is an extinct, poorly-attested Aboriginal language of the Upper Murray region of the northeast of Victoria, that was spoken by the Pallanganmiddang people.
Many tribe and language names in the area end in a suffix variously spelt -matong, -middang, -mirttong, -mathang, and -mittung; this suffix may have an etymological association with "speech" or "tongue" (compare Western Australian language Kalaamaya's midhany "tongue", likely a cognate), and, in Pallanganmiddang's case, seems to denote an ethnonym.
Pallanganmiddang has been alternatively known as Balangamida, Pallangahmiddang, Pal-ler an mitter, Wavaroo, Wave Veroo, Waveroo, Wayyourong, Wayyouroo, Wayerroo, Waywurru, Weeerroo and Weeherroo.
Although it was a Pama-Nyungan language, Pallanganmiddang was likely quite distinct from its neighbouring languages, such as Dhudhuroa, Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri; its percentage of shared vocabulary with its neighbours is very low. The only exception is a purported language mentioned in an 1899 list titled "Barwidgee, Upper Murray", with which Pallanganmiddang shares 39% of its vocabulary. This source may actually show a dialect of Dhudhuroa spoken near the border of Pallanganmiddang territory, or it may be conflating two languages, although the list's use of words not native to the area suggests its lack of reliability.
Despite its seeming lack of closeness to neighbouring languages, Pallanganmiddang does contain many roots familiar in Aboriginal languages such as nha- "to see", and yan- "to go".
There are only four primary source documents on the language: a vocabulary of 46 words from 1878 and a vocabulary of 109 words from 1886, a vocabulary of 341 words of unclear date, and a vocabulary of 63 words from 1900, which, taken together, provide a list of more than 300 words.
The consonant inventory was probably the same as in neighbouring languages. The following table shows the maximum inventory, with sounds not directly attested being shown in brackets:
The following table shows consonants in both initial and intervocalic form; note the differences between the voiced and voiceless plosives: