Gaagudju language

Gaagudju
Region	Northern Territory
Extinct	May 2002, with the death of Big Bill Neidjie
Language family	Arnhem Gaagudju;
Dialects	Wada
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gbu
Glottolog	gaga1251
AIATSIS	N50
	; Gaagudju
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Gaagudju (also spelt Gagadu, Gaguju, and Kakadu) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Arnhem Land, northern Australia, in the environs of Kakadu National Park. Its last speaker, Big Bill Neidjie, died on 23 May 2002.

Classification

Gaagudju has traditionally been classified with the Gunwinyguan languages. However, in 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes Gaagudju.

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↑ Gaagudju at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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