Wurrugu language
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
| Wurrugu | |
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| Popham Bay | |
| Region | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Ethnicity | Wurango |
| Extinct | Attested in the 19th century |
Language family | Marrku–Wurrugu?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wur |
| Glottolog | wurr1238 |
| AIATSIS[1] | N37 |
| ELP | Yawuru (shared) |
The Wurrugu language, or Wurango, also known as the Popham Bay language, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language. It is known from just a few 19th-century wordlists and one rememberer.
References
- ^ N37 Wurrugu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Evans, N. (1996). First and last notes on Wurrugu. University of Melbourne Working Papers in Linguistics, 16, 91–98.
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