Ogh-Undjan (linguistics)

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Ogh-Undjan
Spoken in: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Total speakers: ?
Language family: Pama-Nyungan
 Paman
  Central
   Ogh-Undjan
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aus
ISO 639-3:

Ogh-Undjan (also Okunjan, Ogondyan) is an Australian Aboriginal language or dialect spoken on the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

[edit] Classification

Ogh-Undjan is closely related to Oykangand, Olgolo, and Kawarrangg, and the four are sometimes considered to be dialects of a single language.

The following table gives the percentage of vocabulary that is shared between each dialect, based on a list of 100 basic words (Sommer 1970).

Oykangand 97% 44% 38%
Olgolo 43% 38%
Ogh-Undjan 82%
Kawarrangg

[edit] References

  • Sommer, Bruce A. (Jan. 1970). "An Australian Language Without CV Syllables". International Journal of American Linguistics 36: 57–58. doi:10.1086/465090.