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{{Short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{distinguish|Warungu language}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Wurrugu
|nativename = Popham Bay language
|region = [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]]
|ethnicity = [[Wurango]]
|extinct = Attested in the 19<sup>th</sup>19th century.
|familycolor = Australian
|fam1=[[Iwaidjan languages|Iwaidjan]]
|fam1 = [[Marrku–Wurrugu languages|Marrku–Wurrugu]]?
|fam2=Wurrugu–Marrgu
|iso3 = wur
|aiatsis = N37
}}▼
|glotto = wurr1238
|glottorefname = Wurrugu
|ELP = 3160
|ELPname = Yawuru (shared)
▲ }}
 
The '''Wurrugu language''', or '''Wurango''', also known as the '''Popham Bay language''', is an [[language death|extinct]] [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal language]]. It is known from just a few 19th-century wordlists and one [[rememberer]].
==About the language and its speakers==
 
==References==▼
Wurrugu is one of the Australian aboriginal[[Pama–Nyungan languages]]. Wurrugu also belongs to the [[Iwaidjan languages|Iwaidjan family]]. According to [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=wur Ethnologue], Wurrugu which was once spoken in the Coburg peninsula of the Northern Territory is now extinct.
{{Reflist}}▼
*Evans, N. (1996). First and last notes on Wurrugu. University of Melbourne Working Papers in Linguistics , 16, 91-9891–98. ▼
 
{{Australian Aboriginal languages}}
[[Category:Extinct languages of the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Languages attested from the 19th century]]
[[Category:Marrku–Wurrugu languages]]
 
 
{{Ia-lang-stub}}
=Phonology=
 
==Consonant inventory==
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Bilabial!! Apico-alveolar !!Apico-retroflex !!Lamino-dental !! Lamino-alveolar !! Velar
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Stop''' || b || d || ɖ ||||ƫ ||k
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Nasal''' || m || n || ɳ || || ɲ || ŋ
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Approximant''' || w || || ɺ || || y || Ɣ
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Tap''' || || || ɽ || || ||
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Trill''' || || r || || || ||
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Lateral''' || || l ||ɭ|| ||(ly) ||
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Flapped lateral''' || Ǐ (ld) || ˘ɭ (rld)|| || || ||
|- style="text-align: center;"
|} <ref>Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149. </ref>
 
'''Notes on the consonant inventory'''
 
* Unlike Marrgu which belongs to the Iwaidjan family, Ilgar does not have any Lamino Dentals.
*
* The consonant inventory given above is the one provided by Evans(1998). It is important to note that certain phonetic symbols that Evans uses might conflict with the standard IPA symbols.
*
For example :
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Description !! Symbol used by Evans !! IPA symbol
|- style="text-align: center;"
| Apico-retroflex approximant|| ɹ|| ɻ
|- style="text-align: center;"
|Velar approximant || Ɣ || ɰ
|- style="text-align: center;"
| Lamino-alveolar approximant || y|| ɹ
|- style="text-align: center;"
|}
 
 
 
=Vowels=
 
Evans(1998)briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Marrgu have a three vowel ( /a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.
 
=Further reading=
 
▲Evans, N. (1996). First and last notes on Wurrugu. University of Melbourne Working Papers in Linguistics , 16, 91-98.
 
▲==References==
▲{{Reflist}}
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