Gaagudju language
| Gaagudju | |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Extinct | May 2002, with the death of Big Bill Neidjie |
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Arnhem
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| Dialects |
Wada
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
gbu |
| Glottolog |
gaga1251[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] |
N50 |
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Gaagudju | |
Gaagudju (also spelt Gagadu, Gaguju, and Kakadu) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Arnhem Land, northern Australia, in the environs of Kakadu National Park. Its last speaker, Big Bill Neidjie, died on 23 May 2002.
Classification
Gaagudju has traditionally been classified with the Gunwinyguan languages. However, in 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes Gaagudju.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | e eː | o oː |
| Low | a aː | |
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Stop | p | k | c | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ | l | | ||
| Rhotic | ɲ | ɻ | |||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gagadu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Gaagudju at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Harvey, Mark (2002). A Grammar of Gaagudju. Walter de Gruyter.
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