Gugu Thaypan language
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| Kuku-Thaypan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
|
Native speakers
|
1 (2009)[1] |
| Dialects |
Koko-Rarmul
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | typ |
| Glottolog | thay1248[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] | Y84 Kuku Thaypan, Y71 Gugu Rarmul |
Kuku-Thaypan is a Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Kuku-Thaypan people. Koko-Rarmul may have been a dialect,[4] though Bowern (2012) lists Gugu-Rarmul and Kuku-Thaypan as separate languages.[5] There was one speaker left in 2009.[1]
Phonology
Vowels
Kuku-Thaypan has six vowels and two marignal vowels possibly only in loan words.[6]
Consonants
Kuku-Thaypan has 23 consonants
References
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- Bibliography of Kuku Thaypan people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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- ↑ Kuku Thaypan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
- ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
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