Uradhi language

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Uradhi
Spoken in: Queensland, Australia
Total speakers: 2 (1981)
Language family: Pama-Nyungan
 Paman
  Northern Paman
   Uradhi
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aus
ISO 639-3: either:
urf — Uradhi
amz — Atampaya

Uradhi is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland.

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[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

Front Central Back
High i u
Mid ə
Low a

[edit] Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Stop p k c t
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Lateral l
Rhotic r ɻ
Semivowel w j

[edit] References

  • Crowley, T (1983). "Uradhi", in Dixon, R. M. W. and Blake, B. J.: Handbook of Australian languages, Vol. 3, Canberra and Amsterdam: Australian National University Press and John Benjamins, 306–428. 
  • Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in a Northern Paman language: Uradhi", in Sutton, P.: Languages of Cape York. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 41–49. 

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