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Woiwurrung-Thagungwurrung

Woiwurrung-Thagungwurrung was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.

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Woiwurrung-Thagungwurrung · 37.6°S 145.6°E

Woiwurrung, Taungurung and Boonwurrung are Aboriginal languages of the Kulin nation of Central Victoria. Woiwurrung was spoken by the Woiwurrung and related peoples in the Yarra River basin, Taungurung by the Taungurung people north of the Great Dividing Range in the Goulburn River Valley around Mansfield, Benalla and Heathcote, and Boonwurrung by the six clans which comprised the Boonwurrung people along the coast from the Werribee River, across the Mornington Peninsula, Western Port Bay to Wilsons Promontory. They are often portrayed as distinct languages, but they were mutually intelligible. Ngurai-illamwurrung (Ngurraiillam) may have been a clan name, a dialect, or a closely related language.

From Wikipedia · Woiwurrung–Taungurung language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Woiwurrung-Thagungwurrung

MeaningWordRomanization
motherbaba
fathermamem
childbubup
mankulin
womanbadjurr
friendkirrip
eyemirring
earwirring
nosegaang
toothliang
tonguejâllin
handmarnang
headgawang
bloodgoorrk
kneebarring
waterbaañ
firewiin
moonmirnian
stardurt
skywurru-wurru
rainbanabil
seaballim-be warreen
leafjerrang
dogyirrangin
birdqueep-queep
horsekatadarnook
pigyawi
snakekurnmil
lousemoon-ong
oneganbu

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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