Australian Aboriginal language
| Gurdjar |
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| Kurtjar |
| Native to | Australia |
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| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
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| Ethnicity | Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba |
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| Extinct | after 2007[1] |
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| Dialects | - Kurtjar (Gunggara)
- Rip (Ngarap, Areba)
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| Language codes |
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| ISO 639-3 | Either:
gdj – Gurdjar
aea – Areba |
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| Glottolog | ribg1235 |
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| AIATSIS[2] | G33 Kurtjar, Y107 Areba |
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| ELP | |
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| | Ariba[3] |
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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.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/.[6]
References
- ^ Gurdjar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Areba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ a b G33 Kurtjar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Ariba.
- ^ Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 57.
- ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
- ^ 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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