Narungga (also Narangga) is an

Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

spoken by the Narungga people in

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. As a result of the

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, the Narungga language fell into disuse within several generations. Nevertheless, Narungga continued to be

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into the 20th century, and the 1980s saw a community reclamation. As a result of revival efforts, the language along with Narungga culture is now being taught around the

, from Moonta and Maitland Area Schools to Point Pearce. Narungga is one of the languages in the Yura group, which includes

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, and

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, among others, and belongs to the Pama–Nyungan family.

Phonology

Consonants

* The voiced stops /b, ɡ, d̪, ɟ, d, ɖ/ may be heard as voiceless, when geminated as ː, kː, t̪ː, cː, tː, ʈː

Vowels

Notes

References

* * Thura-Yura languages Yorke Peninsula {{ia-lang-stub