Uradhi language

Uradhi
Uradhi
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Uradhi; ; ; ;
Dialects	Atampaya; Yadhaikenu/Yaraitjenu/Yadhaigana; Yinwum; Wuthati;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; urf – Uradhi; amz – Atampaya; avm – Angkamuthi; yxm – Yinwum
Glottolog	urad1238 Uradhic; wuth1237 Wuthathi; yinw1236 Yinwum
AIATSIS	Y184*
ELP	Uradhi
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Urradhi is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, and is apparently extinct. It was spoken by the Urradhi people. Urradhi proper is the south-western dialect of the language. The name is composed 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". 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. (Adyinuri/Itinadyana may have been another.) This group has no common language name, though Urradhi is commonly used as a cover name. It is unknown when it became extinct.^[2]

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.

Phonology

Vowels

Uradhi has four vowels:

	Front	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	u
Mid	e
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

Notes

^ Y184* Uradhi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ SIL International

General

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

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

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[AIATSIS-1] Y184* Uradhi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[2] SIL International

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