Dhudhuroa is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of north-eastern Victoria. As it is no longer spoken, Dhudhuroa is primarily known today from written material collected by R. H. Mathews from Neddy Wheeler. It has gone by numerous names, including Dhudhuroa, the Victorian Alpine language, Dyinningmiddhang, Djilamatang, Theddora,Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, volume 75, page 324: It is obvious that the two, the Theddora and the Dhudhuroa, are the same. Theddoramittung, Balangamida, and Tharamirttong. Yaitmathang (Jaitmathang), or Jandangara (Gundanora), was spoken in the same area, but was a dialect of Ngarigu.
The Dhudhuroa language is currently undergoing a revival, and is being taught at Bright Secondary College and Wooragee Primary School.
Phonology
Consonants
LabialDentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarPlosive ( ) Nasal ( ) LateralRhotic Approximant
Blake and Reid (2002) suggest that there were possibly two retroflex consonants, but there is not enough evidence for them.
Vowels
FrontCentral BackClose Open
Grammar Nouns are inflected for number, gender and case.
There are three numbers, the singular, dual and plural.
References
Sources
Further reading Bibliography of Dhuduroa people and language resources , at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies