Worimi language

Worimi
Gadhang
Lower North Coast language
Region	New South Wales
Ethnicity	Worimi
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Kuri Worimi Worimi
Dialects	Gadjang (Kattang, Katthang, Gathang) Worimi (Warimi) Birbay (Birrpayi)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kda – inclusive code Individual code: xbj – Birrpayi
Glottolog	wori1245  (Worimi)[2]
AIATSIS[3]	E67*

Worimi, or Gadjang (also spelt Kattang, Kutthung, Gadhang, Gadang, Gathang) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional language of the Worimi people, whose descendants now speak English.

Classification

Worimi is most closely related to Awabakal, in the Yuin–Kuric group of Pama–Nyungan.

Bowern (2011) considers Gadjang, Worimi, and Birrpayi to be separate languages.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	ɪ iː	ʊ uː
Low	ə aː

Consonants

		Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
		Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex
Stop	Voiceless	p	k	c	t̪	t	ʈ
	Voiced	b	ɡ	ɟ	d̪	d
Nasal		m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	n
Lateral					l̪	l	m
Flap						ɲ	ɽ
Approximant		w		j			ɻ

References

1. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Worimi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Worimi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

• Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
• Enright, W. J. (1900). "The Language, Weapons and Manufactures of the Aborigines of Port Stephens, N.S.W.". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 34: 103–188.
• Holmer, Nils M. (1966). An Attempt towards a Comparative Grammar of Two Australian Languages. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.

External links

• Bibliography of Worimi people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Aboriginal Language the Kutthung