Gurdjar language

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Gurdjar
Kurtjar
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba
Extinct after 2007 [1]
Dialects
  • Kurtjar (Gunggara)
  • Rip (Ngarap, Areba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
gdj  – Gurdjar
aea  – Areba
Glottolog ribg1235
AIATSIS [2] G33  Kurtjar, Y107  Areba
ELP
  Ariba
Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Kurtjar is classified as Extinct according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
[3]

Gurdjar (Kurtjar) is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. There are two dialects, Gurdjar proper (Gunggara, Kunggara [2] ), and Rip (Ngarap, Areba). [4] According to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, the language is classified as extinct.

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Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Stop p t̪ t c k
Nasal m n̪ n ɲ ŋ
Fricative β ð ɣ
Trill r
Flap ɾ ɻ ~ ɽ
Approximant w l j

Vowels

Front Central Back
unroundedrounded
Non-low i iː ø øː ɨ ɨː u uː
Low a aː

Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Gurdjar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Areba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 G33 Kurtjar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ↑ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 57.
  4. ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
  5. ↑ Black, Paul D. (1980). Norman Pama historical phonology. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 194–196.
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