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.
Wadjiginy was spoken in the Northern Territory.
Wadjiginy (Wadyiginy, Wagaydy, Wogaity) is the name of the people; this native language is Patjtjamalh (Batjamalh, Batytyamalh).
Phonology Consonants PeripheralLaminalApical Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex Stop ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Nasal Lateral Rhotic Approximant
Voiceless stop sounds may also fluctuate to voiced sounds when in word-initial, intervocalic, post-nasal, and post-liquid positions. /k, p/ can also be heard as fricatives , when in intervocalic and post-liquid positions. /w/ can be heard as a bilabial approximant when before front vowels /i, ɛ, ø/.
Vowels FrontBackHigh ~ Mid Low
/ø/ can also be realized as a higher sound as well as .
PhonemeAllophones/i/, , /ʊ/, /ɛ/, /ø/, /a/, ,
Vocabulary Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss ! Woːgaidj |- | man
| woman
| head
| eye
| nose
| mouth
| tongue
| stomach
| bone
| blood
| kangaroo
| opossum
| crow
| fly
| sun
| moon
| fire
| smoke
| water
References
External links Batjamalh at the Dalylanguages.org website.