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Wurrugu language

Wurrugu
Popham Bay
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityWurango
Eraattested 19th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3wur
Glottologwurr1238
AIATSIS[1]N37
ELPYawuru (shared)
  Wurrugu

The Wurrugu language, or Wurango, also known as the Popham Bay language, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language. It is known from just a few 19th-century wordlists and one rememberer.[when?]

References

  1. ^ N37 Wurrugu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  • Evans, N. (1996). First and last notes on Wurrugu. University of Melbourne Working Papers in Linguistics, 16, 91–98.


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