Jurruru language

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Jurruru
Spoken in:	Pilbara, Western Australia
Language extinction:	2 speakers left in 1967. No speakers by 1986.[1]
Language family:	Pama-Nyungan  South-West   Ngayarta    Jurruru
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	aus
ISO 639-3:	–
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Jurruru is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its name has also been spelt Chooraroo, Choororoo, Churoro, Djuroro, Djururo, Djurruru, Dyururu, Jururu, Thuraru, Tjororo, Tjuroro, Tjururo, and Tjururu.

[edit] Classification

South-West Pama-Nyungan	Ngayarta Palyku Panyjima Ngarla Nyamal Jurruru Yinhawangka Ngarluma Kariyarra Martuthunira Nhuwala Yinjibarndi Kurrama Kanyara languages Mantharta languages Kartu languages Nyunga languages Mirniny languages Wati languages Marrngu languages Ngumpin languages Nannga languages Yura languages

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

• Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). "Jurruru", Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics. 

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