Uradhi language

Uradhi
Spoken in	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	Unknown
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Uradhi
Dialects	Atampaya Gudang Yinwum Wuthati
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: urf – Uradhi amz – Atampaya avm – Angkamuthi

Urradhi is the south-western dialect of the Urradhi group of Paman languages on Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, and is possibly extinct. It is spoken by the Urradhi people, and is made of urra "this" and the proprietive dhi "having". The south-eastern dialect of the same language, Wudhadhi, is made of the same elements, wudha being "this" (note that dh is a voiced dental fricative similar to th in mother). These are part of a group of closely related and highly mutually intelligible dialects, these being Angkamuthi to the north of Urradhi, Atampaya inland from these, Utudhanamu inland north from Atampaya, Yantaykenu further north, being the language of the Bamaga area, Yadhaykenu on the east coast north of Wudhadhi, and Yaraytyana further north again. This group has no common language name, though Urradhi is commonly used as a cover name. It is unknown when it went extinct.

The Urradhi dialects are closely related to the Gudang language (Pantyinamu/Yatay/Gudang/Kartalaiga and other clan names), formerly spoken on the tip of Cape York (see Djagaraga).

Phonology

Vowels

Uradhi has four vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
	Unrounded	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i		u
Mid		ə
Open	a

Consonants

Uradhi has 18 consonants:

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	c	t̪	t
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	n
Fricative	β	ɣ		ð
Trill					r
Approximant	w		j		l	ɻ

References

General

Crowley, T. (1983). "Uradhi". Handbook of Australian languages. 3. pp. 306–428. 

Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in a Northern Paman language: Uradhi". Languages of Cape York. pp. 41–49.