Matngele or Madngele is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Northern Territory spoken by the Madngella and Yunggor peoples.
Classification Tryon (1974) classified Matngele with Kamu, and this is accepted by Dixon (2002) and Bowern (2011), though denied by Harvey (1990).
Phonology Vowels Front Central Back High Mid Low
Consonants Peripheral Laminal Apical Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex Stop Voiceless Voiced Nasal Lateral Rhotic Semivowel
Grammar Matngele has only five simple verbs. These must be combined with coverbs in order to form complex verbs.
References
External links Matngele at the Dalylanguages.org website.