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{{Short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}} |
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{{distinguish|Warungu language}} |
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} |
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{{Infobox language |
{{Infobox language |
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|name=Wurrugu |
|name = Wurrugu |
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|nativename=Popham Bay |
|nativename = Popham Bay |
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|region=[[Northern Territory]], |
|region = [[Northern Territory]], Australia |
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|ethnicity = [[Wurango]] |
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|extinct=Attested in the |
|extinct = Attested in the 19th century |
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|familycolor=Australian |
|familycolor = Australian |
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|fam1=[[Iwaidjan languages|Iwaidjan]] |
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|fam1 = [[Marrku–Wurrugu languages|Marrku–Wurrugu]]? |
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|fam2=Wurrugu–Marrgu |
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|iso3=wur |
|iso3 = wur |
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|aiatsis = N37 |
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|glotto = wurr1238 |
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|glottorefname = Wurrugu |
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|ELP = 3160 |
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|ELPname = Yawuru (shared) |
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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]]. |
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==About the language and its speakers== |
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Wurrugu is a language that belongs to the Iwaidjan family of languages.According to[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=wur Ethnologue], Wurrugu which was once spoken in the Coburg peninsula of the Nothern Territory is now extinct. |
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{{Australian Aboriginal languages}} |
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[[Category:Extinct languages of the Northern Territory]] |
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[[Category:Languages attested from the 19th century]] |
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[[Category:Marrku–Wurrugu languages]] |
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{{Ia-lang-stub}} |
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=Phonology= |
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==Consonant inventory== |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! !! Bilabial!! Apico-alveolar !!Apico-retroflex !!Lamino-dental !! Lamino-alveolar !! Velar |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| '''Stop''' || b || d || ɖ ||d̪||ƫ ||k |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| '''Nasal''' || m || n || ɳ || n̪ || ɲ || ŋ |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| '''Approximant''' || w || || ɺ || || y || Ɣ |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| '''Tap''' || || || ɽ || || || |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| '''Trill''' || || r || || || || |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| '''Lateral''' || || l ||ɭ|| ||(ly) || |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| '''Flapped lateral''' || Ǐ (ld) || ˘ɭ (rld)|| || || || |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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|} <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> |
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'''Notes on the consonant inventory''' |
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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. |
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For example : |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! Description !! Symbol used by Evans !! IPA symbol |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| Apico-retroflex approximant|| ɹ|| ɻ |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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|Velar approximant || Ɣ || ɰ |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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| Lamino-alveolar approximant || y|| ɹ |
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|- style="text-align: center;" |
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|} |
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=Vowels= |
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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. |
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=Further reading= |
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 5 May 2021
Wurrugu | |
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Popham Bay | |
Region | Northern Territory, Australia |
Ethnicity | Wurango |
Extinct | Attested in the 19th century |
Marrku–Wurrugu?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wur |
Glottolog | wurr1238 |
AIATSIS[1] | N37 |
ELP | Yawuru (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
[edit]- ^ 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.