Gurdjar language

Gurdjar
Gurdjar
Kurtjar
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba
Extinct	after 2007[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Norman Gurdjar; ; ;
Dialects	Kurtjar (Gunggara); Rip (Ngarap, Areba);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gdj – Gurdjar; aea – Areba
Glottolog	ribg1235
AIATSIS[2]	G33 Kurtjar, Y107 Areba
ELP	Kurtjar; Kunggara;
	Ariba[3]
	Gurdjar is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[4]

Gurdjar (Kurtjar) is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. There are two dialects, Gurdjar proper (Gunggara), and Rip (Ngarap, Areba).[5] Kunggara is another name for one or the other.[2]

Phonology

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Stop	p	t̪	t		c	k
Nasal	m	n̪	n		ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	β	ð				ɣ
Trill			r
Flap			ɾ	ɻ~ɽ
Approximant	w		l	ɻ~ɽ	j

	Front	Front rounded	Central	Back
Non-low	i iː	ø øː	ɨ ɨː	u uː
Low			a aː

Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/.[6]

According to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, the language is classified as extinct.

Gurdjar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Areba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
G33 Kurtjar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
Endangered Languages Project data for Ariba.
Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 57.
RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
Black, Paul D. (1980). Norman Pama historical phonology. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 194–196.

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