Aghu Tharrnggala language

Aghu Tharrnggala
Spoken in Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct Unknown
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • Eastern
      • Thaypan
        • Kuku-Mini
          • Aghu Tharrnggala
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ggr

Aghu Tharrnggala (or Aghu Tharnggalu) is an extinct Paman language variety formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The name may also be used to refer to a language consisting of the Aghu Tharrngala dialect and several other related varieties. It is closely related to the other Kuku-Mini languages, and it is unknown when it went extinct.[1]

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Classification

Aghu Tharrnggala may have been a single language with some or all Ikarrangal, Koko-Possum/Alngula, and Kuku-Mini, but there is insufficient information to be certain. Aghu Tharrngala is the only dialect for which grammatical data are available.

Aghu Tharrnggala is demonstrably related to Kuku-Thaypan. The two may also have been related to Takalak, although again there is insufficient information.

References

  1. ^ Ethnologue

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