Uradhi language
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Uradhi | ||
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Spoken in: | Queensland, Australia | |
Total speakers: | 2 (1981) | |
Language family: | Pama-Nyungan Paman Northern Paman Uradhi |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | aus | |
ISO 639-3: | either: urf — Uradhi amz — Atampaya |
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Uradhi is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | ə | ||
Low | a |
[edit] Consonants
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Stop | p | k | c | t̪ | t | |
Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | |||
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | 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.