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Giyug language

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Giyug
Native toAustralia
RegionDaly River; Anson Bay, Peron Islands, southwest of Darwin.
Extinctbefore the 1920s[1]
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3giy
Glottologgiyu1238
AIATSIS[1]N226
ELPGiyug

Giyug is an extinct and unattested Australian Aboriginal language. It may (or may not) have been close to Wagaydy—perhaps a dialect—but is otherwise unknown.

References

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  1. ^ a b N226 Giyug at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies