Gurdjar language explained

Gurdjar language should not be confused with Gujari language.

Gurdjar
Nativename:Kurtjar
States:Australia
Region:Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity:Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba
Extinct:after 2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Paman
Fam3:Norman
Dia1:Kurtjar (Gunggara)
Dia2:Rip (Ngarap, Areba)
Lc1:gdj
Ld1:Gurdjar
Lc2:aea
Ld2:Areba
Glotto:ribg1235
Glottorefname:Rib–Gurdjar
Aiatsis:G33
Aiatsisname:Kurtjar
Aiatsis2:Y107
Aiatsisname2:Areba
Map2:Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Mapcaption2:[1]
Elp2:3594
Elpname2:Ariba

Gurdjar (Kurtjar) is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. There are two dialects, Gurdjar proper (Gunggara, Kunggara), and Rip (Ngarap, Areba).[2] According to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, the language is classified as extinct.

Phonology

Consonants

BilabialDentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Stoppronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Trillpronounced as /link/
Flappronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/~pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Non-lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger . UNESCO . 3rd . 2010 . 57.
  2. RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
  3. Book: Black, Paul D. . Norman Pama historical phonology . Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. . 1980 . 194-196.