Wadjiginy language
Wadjiginy, also known as Wagaydy (Wogait) and Batjamalh, is an Australian Aboriginal language. Apart from being closely related to Kandjerramalh, it is not known to be related to any other language, though it has borrowed grammatical and lexical material from neighboring Northern Daly languages.[1]
| Wadjiginy | |
|---|---|
| Wogait | |
| Patjtjamalh | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Daly River |
| Ethnicity | Wadjiginy |
Native speakers | 5 (2005)[1] |
Wagaydyic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wdj |
| Glottolog | wadj1254 |
| AIATSIS[1] | N31 |
| ELP | Batjamalh[2] |
| Linguasphere | 28-fbb-a |
Wadjiginy (Wadyiginy, Wagaydy, Wogaity) is the name of the people; the language is Patjtjamalh (Batjamalh, Batytyamalh).[1]
Vocabulary
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[3]
gloss Woːgaidj man ŋanan woman ŋoalaŋ head bödja eye miba nose widja mouth ŋaːg tongue ŋaːɖal stomach bɛnman bone big blood gavin kangaroo mudj opossum dadjädaid crow wagwag fly mul sun qeig moon qaɽa fire vin smoke wingar water wiːg
References
- N31 Wadjiginy at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Endangered Languages Project data for Batjamalh.
- Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x
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