Wirangu
Wirangu was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.
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The Wirangu language, also written Wirrongu, Wirrung, Wirrunga, and Wirangga, and also known by other exonyms, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Wirangu people, living on the west coast of South Australia across a region encompassing modern Ceduna and Streaky Bay, stretching west approximately to the head of the Great Australian Bight and east to Lake Gairdner. It is a language of the Thura-Yura group, and some older sources placed it in a subgroup called Nangga.
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Words in Wirangu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | ini* | |
| eye | mil* | |
| ear | yuri* | |
| nose | mula* | |
| tooth | gardirdi* | |
| tongue | dyarliN* | |
| hand | mara* | |
| blood | ildu* | |
| bone | bili* | |
| skin | imba* | |
| knee | bura* | |
| breast | Nami* | |
| liver | gamandi* | |
| water | gabi* | |
| fire | gala* | |
| sun | dyirndu* | |
| star | galga* | |
| stone | barnda* | |
| tree | warda* | |
| leaf | barga* | |
| night | maldi* | |
| dog | baba* | |
| fish | mudi* | |
| louse | gulu* | |
| one | guma* | |
| two | gudhara* | |
| I | Na4a* | |
| you | 5urni* | |
| we | Naliri* | |
| see | minan* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- DyirbalPama-Nyungan90% alike
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- Panoan KatukínaPano-Tacanan87% alike
- NaraIsolates87% alike
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- Sangtam NagaSino-Tibetan87% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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