Marrgu language
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Marrgu | |
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Yaako, Ajokoot, Croker Island, Raffles Bay, Terrutong, Terutong | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Croker Island, Northern Territory |
Ethnicity | Yaako |
Extinct | since the 1950s[1][3] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mhg |
Glottolog | marg1251 |
AIATSIS[3] | N45 |
ELP | Marrgu |
Marrgu language (purple arrow), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey) | |
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Marrgu (Marrku) is an extinct[1] Aboriginal language of northern Australia. Additional names include Ajokoot, Croker Island, Raffles Bay, Terrutong (Terutong), Yaako (Jaako, Yako).[2]
Classification
[edit]Marrgu had been assumed to be an Iwaidjan language like its neighbours. However, Evans (2006) has produced evidence that it was a language isolate, with possible connection to the extinct and poorly attested Wurrugu.[3]
Phonology
[edit]Consonant inventory
[edit]Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ɳ |
Approximant | w | ɣ | j | ɻ | ||
Trill | r | |||||
Flap | ɽ | |||||
Lateral | (ʎ) | l | ɭ | |||
Lateral flap | ɺ ⟨ld⟩ | 𝼈 ⟨rld⟩ |
Vowels
[edit]Marrgu has the three-vowel (/a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of Iwaidjan languages (Evans 1998).
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Low | a |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Christopher Moseley; Alexandre Nicolas (2010). "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". UNESCO. p. 209. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ a b Marrgu language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c N45 Marrgu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149.