Gurdjar language

Gurdjar
Gurdjar
Kurtjar
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba
Extinct	after 2007
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Norman Gurdjar; ; ;
Dialects	Kurtjar (Gunggara); Rip (Ngarap, Areba);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gdj – Gurdjar; aea – Areba
Glottolog	ribg1235
AIATSIS	G33 Kurtjar, Y107 Areba
ELP	Kurtjar; Kunggara;
	Ariba
	Kurtjar is classified as Extinct according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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

	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	ɻ~ɽ	j

Vowels

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

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.

[e18-1] Gurdjar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Areba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[AIATSIS-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)

[ELP2-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Ariba.

[4] Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 57.

[5] RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii

[6] 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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Gurdjar language

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

References

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