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Karranga language

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Karranga
Karangpurru
RegionNorthern Territory, Australia
EthnicityKarrangpurru
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3(formerly xrq, merged with dmw as Mudburra)
Glottologkarr1239
AIATSIS[1]C33
Karranga (purple), among the non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

Karranga (Karrangpurru) was an aboriginal language of Australia.

McConvell suspects Karrangpurru was a dialect of Mudburra because people said it was similar. However, it is undocumented and thus formally unclassifiable.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b C33 Karranga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies