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Wurrugu
Wurrugu
Popham Bay language
Region	Northern Territory, Australia
Extinct	Attested in the 19th century.
Language family	Iwaidjan Wurrugu–Marrgu Wurrugu; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wur

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Wurrugu was one of the Iwaidjan languages. It was once spoken in the Coburg peninsula of the Northern Territory.

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+Wurrugu was one of the [[Iwaidjan languages]]. It was once spoken in the Coburg peninsula of the Northern Territory.
-==About the language and its speakers==
+==Further reading==
-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.
-=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.