Gugu Thaypan language
| Kuku-Thaypan | |
|---|---|
| Awu Alaya | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Kuku Thaypan, Gugu Rarmul |
| Extinct | 2016 (with the death of Tommy George)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | typ |
| Glottolog | thay1248 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y84 Kuku Thaypan, Y71 Gugu Rarmul |
| ELP | Awu Laya |
Kuku-Thaypan is an extinct Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Kuku-Thaypan people. The language was sometimes called Alaya or Awu Alaya.[3] Koko-Rarmul may have been a dialect,[4] though Bowern (2012) lists Gugu-Rarmul and Kuku-Thaypan as separate languages.[5] The last native speaker, Tommy George, died 29 July 2016 in Cooktown Hospital.[6]
Phonology
Vowels
Kuku-Thaypan has six vowels and two marginal vowels possibly only in loan words.[7]
Consonants
Kuku-Thaypan has 23 consonants.
References
- ^ A "legend", Indigenous Australian Leader, Knowledge Holder Tommy George Passes On.
- ^ Y84 Kuku Thaypan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner, Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country (ISBN 902726760X, 2016)
- ^ 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)
- ^ A "legend", Indigenous Australian Leader, Knowledge Holder Tommy George Passes On.
- ^ Rigsby, Bruce (1976). "Kuku-Thaypan descriptive and historical phonology". In Sutton, P. (ed.). Languages of Cape York. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 68–77.
External links
- Bibliography of Kuku Thaypan people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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