Wergaia or Werrigia is an Australian Aboriginal language in the Wimmera region of north-Western Victoria. The Wergaia language consists of four distinct dialects: Wudjubalug/Wotjobaluk, Djadjala/Djadjali, Buibadjali, Biwadjali. Wergaia is considered a dialect of the Wemba Wemba language, which belongs to the Kulinic branch of Pama–Nyungan.
The Aboriginal people who speak Wergaia dialects include the Maligundidj or Wergaia people, which means the people belonging to the mali (mallee) eucalypt bushland which covers much of their territory, and the Wotjobaluk people.
In mid-2021, a language revival project was launched at the Wotjobaluk Knowledge Place in Dimboola, which had been established in December 2020. A Wergaia language program would run over 20 weeks.
Sounds The following is the Djadjala dialect. +Consonant soundsLabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarStopbdɖɟ ɡNasalmnɳɲŋRhoticrɽLaterallApproximantwj Vowels given are /a e i u/.Hercus 1969.
Some words dhallung (male or buck kangaroo) gal (dog) kulkun (a boy) laiaruk (a woman) lanangurk (a girl) mindyun (a kangaroo) muty (doer or female kangaroo)} winya nyua (Who is there?) wotjo (a man)
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