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{{Short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}
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{{distinguish|Warungu language}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Wurrugu
|name = Wurrugu
|nativename=Popham Bay
|nativename = Popham Bay
|region=[[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]]
|region = [[Northern Territory]], Australia
|ethnicity=[[Wurango]]
|ethnicity = [[Wurango]]
|extinct=Attested in the 19th century
|extinct = Attested in the 19th century
|familycolor=Australian
|familycolor = Australian
|fam1=[[Marrku–Wurrugu languages|Marrku–Wurrugu]]?
|fam1 = [[Marrku–Wurrugu languages|Marrku–Wurrugu]]?
|iso3=wur
|iso3 = wur
|aiatsis=N37
|aiatsis = N37
|glotto=wurr1238
|glotto = wurr1238
|glottorefname=Wurrugu
|glottorefname = Wurrugu
|ELP=3160
|ELP = 3160
|ELPname=Yawuru (shared)
|ELPname = Yawuru (shared)
}}
}}



Latest revision as of 17:25, 5 May 2021

Wurrugu
Popham Bay
RegionNorthern Territory, Australia
EthnicityWurango
ExtinctAttested in the 19th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3wur
Glottologwurr1238
AIATSIS[1]N37
ELPYawuru (shared)

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.

References

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  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.