Ngayawung language

Ngayawung
Ngayawung
Lower Riverland
Region	South Australia
Ethnicity	Ngaiawang, Ngaralti, Nganguruku
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Lower Murray Ngayawung; ;
Dialects	Ngayawang; Nganguruku; Ngaralti (Ngaralda)?;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nwg
Glottolog	lowe1402
AIATSIS	S7 Ngaiawang, S4 Ngaralti, S6 Nganguruku

Ngayawung (Ngaiawong) is an extinct language of southern South Australia, spoken by the Ngaiawang, Ngaralti and Nganguruku people.

The name is also spelled Ngaiyau, Aiawung, Aiawong, Iawung, Nggauaiyowangko; other names are Birta, Pitta, Pieta, Peeita and Meru.

Phonology

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Low		a aː

^ S7 Ngaiawang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^ Horgen, Michael (2004). The languages of the Lower Murray. LaTrobe University. pp. 45–56.

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