Gurdjar | |
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Kurtjar | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba |
Extinct | after 2007 [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
gdj – Gurdjar
aea – Areba |
Glottolog |
ribg1235 |
AIATSIS [2] |
G33 Kurtjar,
Y107 Areba |
ELP | |
Ariba [3] | |
Gurdjar is an extinct language according to the classification system of the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
[4] |
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). [5] According to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, the language is classified as extinct.
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
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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 |
Front | Central | Back | ||
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unrounded | rounded | |||
Non-low | i iː | ø øː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
Low | a aː |
Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/. [6]