Garig-Ilgar language

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Garig–Ilgar
Garig, Ilgar
Native to Australia
Region Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
EthnicityIlgar, Gaari
Extinct 2003 [1]
Iwaidjan
Dialects
  • Ilgar
  • Garig
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ilg
Glottolog gari1253
AIATSIS [2] N184  Ilgar, N188  Garig
ELP Ilgar

Ilgar, also known as Garig-Ilgar after its two dialects, is an extinct Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.

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Phonology

Consonant inventory

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Approximant w ɣ j ɻ
Trill r
Flap ɽ
Lateral ( ʎ ) l ɭ
Lateral flap ɺ ⟨ld⟩ 𝼈 ⟨rld⟩

[3]

Unlike many Australian languages, Ilgar does not have lamino-alveolars.

Vowels

Evans (1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Ilgar have a three vowel (/a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.

Front Back
High i u
Low a

References

  1. ↑ Garig–Ilgar at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ N184 Ilgar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ↑ Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149.

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