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{{Short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{distinguish|Warungu language}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Wurrugu
|name = Wurrugu
|nativename=Popham Bay language
|nativename = Popham Bay
|region=[[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]]
|region = [[Northern Territory]], Australia
|ethnicity = [[Wurango]]
|extinct=Attested in the 19<sup>th</sup> century.
|extinct = Attested in the 19th century
|familycolor=Australian
|familycolor = Australian
|fam1=[[Iwaidjan languages|Iwaidjan]]
|fam1 = [[Marrku–Wurrugu languages|Marrku–Wurrugu]]?
|fam2=Wurrugu–Marrgu
|iso3=wur
|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 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.
{{Reflist}}
*Evans, N. (1996). First and last notes on Wurrugu. University of Melbourne Working Papers in Linguistics, 16, 91–98.


{{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 ||d̪||ƫ ||k
|- style="text-align: center;"
| '''Nasal''' || m || n || ɳ || n̪ || 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'''

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}}

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.